Quotes from Julianne Moore

I do love my work. As an actor, you live from job to job, though, and you have to be prepared for that.

You'd have to spend a lot of time with me before I'd be comfortable enough to show my dark side.

I moved frequently because my dad was in the army, so I was always new in school. I think if you've ever done that, you know what it means to not matter in a room. I think it's a good experience for everyone to have, to feel like they're not noticed, because it teaches you to be empathetic.

It's not difficult to take care of a child; it's difficult to do anything else while taking care of a child. Trying to clean up the kitchen after you've had a baby is a nightmare because you have to wait for the baby to be asleep, you're exhausted, and you really don't want to clean up the kitchen now.

In my opinion, you don't get to have privacy when you're only 16!

I have a very, very normal life. I really do - with the exception of being very lucky and privileged. I have two children, a dog, and a husband. We live in New York, the kids go to school, and we're fortunate that we have flexible schedules. I like that. That's what I want.

People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.

As an actor, all you have is what you know and what you see in other people. The more you know, and the more you've experienced, the more you're able to communicate to other people.

I'm not someone who is driven by big external stories. I like big emotional stories.

Every child is so different. Their experience growing up and their experience relating to the world has so much to do with their temperament, and their likes and their dislikes.

What gives you pleasure and joy? Let those be the things that lead you forward in life.

Life is full of compromises, and whether or not you're willing to negotiate.

When you have children, you don't have downtime, but I have a family life that is rich and fulfiling.

I knew from very early on that I wanted kids. I wasn't one of those women who goes, 'Well, if it happens, it happens.' I really wanted a family. Although I didn't actually have my first child until I was 37, I always felt I'd get there.

If you're reading IMDB, half of it's made up. You can't trust it or Wikipedia, which is just lies, lies!

I'm not scared of many things in front of the camera. Everywhere else, yes, I'm terrified. But acting is just pretending, and you are exploring feelings in a safe environment.

I was lucky enough to come in at the beginning of the independent film movement, and it's really shaped my life and my career.

I don't really care if people like a character ornot; I think in life we don't always like everybody. But you haveto be able to understand them.

I think every part's a challenge, and you also never know if you're going to pull it off.

Frankly, acting doesn't scare me because I really enjoy it.

The one thing that kids need is consistency.

If I had to choose between clothes and furniture, I'd choose furniture.

I have a husband and two kids, and they're usually around when I'm shooting, then I go home. We have dinner, and that's what I'm dealing with when I go home.

If you're 50, you're never going to be 50 ever again, so enjoy being 50. If you sit through the year wishing you were younger, before you know it, it's going to be over, and you're going to be 51.