Dianne Wiest Quotes

• Young people are more intelligent and sophisticated.

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• You are at the mercies of the dailies. With an indie you don’t have that.

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• Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I’ve never worked with anyone I’ve trusted so completely. He won’t let you hit a false note.

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• What I love is a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. I’ll just have peanut butter and bananas, then peanut butter and pickles. Peanut butter and chocolate I don’t recommend.

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• Unless you are unique, your opinion goes out the window.

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• Theater is not to make a living, so I don’t have the money pressure.

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• The studios are very much business. Maybe it was always that way. It is really commercial now. Judgments are made and directions are given to make the cash register ring.

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• The formula is the star. I couldn’t work inside that formula.

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• Sweet things happen. They still do.

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• It was just this crazy craziness, and the fact that it was shot in Paris, and it had these incredible people in it. It was an easy thing to say yes to.

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• I’ve been grateful for what comes along.

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• I’m more aware of time. The element of time.

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• I used to watch dailies and felt I had to keep on top of the character, but I don’t feel that any more.

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• I shot Footloose nearby, and we used to hike. Very fond memories.

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• I recently turned down a film that I didn’t want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I’m sad about that, but not enough to do anything about it.

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• I look at the kids coming out of Yale. They are so intelligent with their careers. I wish I had that.

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• I had to choose, I’d be so sad. They are flip sides of the same coin. I love both comedy and drama.

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• I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn’t take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas, and make it my own.

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• Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion.

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Dianne Wiest (19)

Birth:	28th March, 1948
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Dianne Evelyn Wiest was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She is an American actress on stage, television and film. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 1969 with a degree in Arts and Sciences. She has won two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. She has also been nominated for a BAFTA Award. In 1984, she starred in Footloose, as the reverend's wife and Ariel's mother. She also appeared in three other Woody Allen films: The Purple Rose of Cairo, Radio Days and September. In 2005, she starred in Kathleen Tolan's Memory House. She starred alongside Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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