American - Actress | April 29, 1958 -
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.
Michelle Pfeiffer
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Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.
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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.
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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.
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I have days when I just feel I look like a dog.
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Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy.
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I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad - and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the reasons I'm successful. Because I really care about what I do.
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I feel less pressure to dress youthfully. I'm 50 and everyone knows I'm 50 - who are you kidding? Jeans are my uniform. I have about 15 pairs.
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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.
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I'm a Taurus. To the bone.
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Well, I'm very stubborn. I think I have common sense; I'm probably at times a bit tunnel-visioned, but I'm strong.
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My walk is consistently made fun of.
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