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Blythe Danner Quotes

American - Actress | February 3, 1943 -

I was raised in a time where children were still seen and not heard basically, so I think a lot of us in my generation went the other way and just tried to be as much more liberal and open and we're still paying for it.

Children Time Think Generation Way

I've been very lucky. I wanted to be an actress, but I didn't really have the drive to sell myself. Fortunately I had a terrific agent in New York who kept me going from job to job.

Myself Job New York Me Drive New

I've kept my sanity in this business by trying out for a role and then going home and trying to forget about it.

Home Business Going Home Trying Out

It was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays.

School High School Acting First High

Just look at my face. Its an extraordinary experience. All of my friends who are grandparents have been saying, just wait, a bit cynically, but its just extraordinary. You feel like a child again yourself. Just walking on air.

Experience Yourself Child Wait Face

Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way.

Me Acting Important Way Profound

Mostly, I spend my time being a mother to my two children, working in my organic garden, raising masses of sweet peas, being passionately involved in conservation, recycling and solar energy.

Mother Children Time Sweet Energy

Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.

Voice Doing You Sometimes Matters

Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.

Work Work Hard Energy You Back Hard

You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You're on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours.

Discipline Theatre Night Energy You

I live in New York, and when you're older and widowed, it's a perfect place because you just don't feel lonely there, and, luckily, I like my own company, too.

Live New York Lonely Feel You Place

I loved the first Christmas I had in England.

Loved Christmas First England Had

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