Quotes from Diane Lane

I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.

Americans are like Pac Man. We just eat our way through the day. There's always something going into the mouth.

I grew up loving horses. I was relatively obsessed, starting with my rocking horse at age 2, all the way through my painting and drawing phase.

I loved acting, I started as a child and it is interesting because I didn't compare myself to others that were doing the same thing. I just felt that I needed to stay focused and stay out of trouble.

I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world.

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

I had a hard time calling Laurence Oliver 'Larry.'

That's why they call it work, because it's not what you'd prefer to do with your free time.

You can't get work without working.

For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career.

I love my work, but there is no price you can put on what you miss when you are away from your kids.

I try not to be overly analytical.

I'm fascinated by how Hollywood has changed since I started. Today it's about immediate delivery. There's less risk and less art.

Imagine if somebody said your nose is too big or your ears stick out. For me, it was my neck was too short. It stuck with me all my life.

I've heard stories of people, even celebrities that have gone online, pretended to be someone they weren't, and conducted a 5-year friendship via e-mail. Then, they got married because they really love each other from all that communication.

I think certainly directing is a visual medium, but it's also about communication, and a lot of times great directors are lacking in communication skills, which is rather shocking to discover that.

I'm not actively avoiding television. I just haven't found the right fit yet, as it were. And that's O.K.

We live our whole lives, and in our dying moment, we have to ask ourselves, 'What did we really care about? What impact did we make on the world?' The older I get, the more I realize the answers have to do with how we affect and love the people around us.

I was the only kid in Manhattan I knew whose parents had a car.