Quotes from Glenn Close

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.

Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud of that.

There's something about a catharsis that is very important.

I never wanted to be a man. I feel sorry for them.

When you're playing a man, you can look tired and horrible and you still look okay. As a woman, if you're tired, it's terrible. It was such a luxury not having to worry about that.

I think every pet lover has an appreciation for nature - I've never met an animal lover who didn't have some kind of connection to the natural world.

I think having pets helps sensitize people to the natural world.

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.

What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.

The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.

All great art comes from a sense of outrage.

I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated.

Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Someone always pays.

There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.

I'm an actor, that's my contribution.

I don't think the tabloids find me very interesting.

It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness.

All your life you think 60 is ancient, and all of a sudden you find you're 60 and you don't really feel that different. I feel stronger and more engaged. This is the best time of my life.

I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out.

I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind.

Be aware of your inner voice and follow it, even though most of the time it will tell you the most uncomfortable path to choose.

I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement.

With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools.