Quotes from Michelle Pfeiffer

It's harder to live the way I live. There are certain places I like to shop and eat where I simply don't go. The paparazzi follow you.

Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.

I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality. In that sense, I earn every dime I make.

Where I came from, the idea of going into show business was just ridiculous; in fact I didn't tell anybody because I knew people would laugh at me. So I sort of snuck around and got some pictures and got a resume together and, of course, lied and said I did all kinds of things I didn't do.

I was kind of surprised to learn how controlling I am. I never thought of myself in that way. I think the root of the control issues is usually fear, because you want to know what's going to be happening at any given moment.

Men do not take to vanity, because they are taught at an early age that it is wrong to be vain.

I never wanted to have to take a job because I didn't have any money.

Everybody is vulnerable to being in relationships where they get fooled. I'm no different. It's just human nature.

I guess I do a really good job at covering.

I look like a duck. It's the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck.

Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bight side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am.

My walk is consistently made fun of.

When I wasn't working I didn't know what to do with myself and sort of didn't exist, in a way, when I wasn't working, so I was like two different people. I am not like that anymore.

I'm a Taurus. To the bone.

You know, the more you can meet people from different walks of life, the better it is for you. I think the more you can create situations and experiences that give you new perspective, the better.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

There have been people in my life who have told me I have to put myself out there more. But it's so hard for me to do that.

Ultimately, I believe the only secret to a happy marriage is choosing the right person. Life is a series of choices, right?

I'm good at disguising my feelings.

Just when you think you've got your kids figured out, they change on you. For somebody who's controlling, you can't control it. Of course, I don't think I'm controlling, but that's what I've been told!

You can have it all, but you can't do it all.

You know, when I am working, I take really, really good care of myself. I eat really well, and I exercise, and again, I have this team of people pulling me together every day.

And I'm a really happy person, I enjoy life. I think you see that on people. I think there's nothing more aging than misery.

There is no question that the older you get, the fewer good roles there are.