Annette Bening quote: "I love the craft of acting, I love learning, I love everything that comes with the new project; the whole process is totally intoxicating to me."

Most women would say they relate to 'Hedda Gabler' - there's a part of her in them. Ibse...
ANNETTE BENING

The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, ...
ANNETTE BENING

To me idealized characters are so boring to play, especially having grown up in the classical theate...
ANNETTE BENING

Critics have a responsibility to put things in a cultural and sociological or political context. Tha...
ANNETTE BENING

I act, but I am a mother first and wife second.
ANNETTE BENING

Getting all dressed up and putting on fancy clothes - all of that's a great thing, but oddly, it...
ANNETTE BENING

I like things that I feel comfortable in.
ANNETTE BENING

By the time I was in high school, Roe v. Wade had passed, so that was also happening; girls were get...
ANNETTE BENING

With movies, so much of it is, 'Who is the human being that is going to be directing it?' Be...
ANNETTE BENING

I have huge chunks of time when I'm not working.
ANNETTE BENING

If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that.
ANNETTE BENING

I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was i...
ANNETTE BENING

It's kind of a mystery to me, as far as my own life experiences and what I've witnessed - wh...
ANNETTE BENING

We all get lost along the way, but hopefully we figure out some sort of path. It helps if you can im...
ANNETTE BENING

I do have to take care of myself, not only because I'm in the movies, just for mental health rea...
ANNETTE BENING

Five billion people have played Hamlet. 'To be or not to be.' And how do you do that and fin...
ANNETTE BENING

When I watch my kids, and I see the primal level at which the sibling relationships are formed, then...
ANNETTE BENING

I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on,...
ANNETTE BENING

I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close.
ANNETTE BENING

There's love for your parents, your family, your spouse, your partner, your friends, but the nat...
ANNETTE BENING

I don't really have a choice. I'm getting older.
ANNETTE BENING

I think you sort of shed skins as you go along in life. You get into your 40s, and you feel like, &#...
ANNETTE BENING

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.
ANNETTE BENING

Please forgive me for not saying I'll try to do better.
ANNETTE BENING

I love what I do, and I appreciate this very much. Trick question.
ANNETTE BENING

It's wonderful, isn't it, that so many people on the movie are being recognized, ... We're this wond...
ANNETTE BENING

He finds me and wants to have a baby with me, and there are problems, ... It wouldn't be a movie if ...
ANNETTE BENING

I think we as celebrities have a lot more control,
ANNETTE BENING

Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position ca...
ANNETTE BENING

Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all.
ANNETTE BENING

Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way!
ANNETTE BENING

I have perfected the art of putting my feet on my husband's lap during awards ceremonies so he can r...
ANNETTE BENING

I wanted to be a classical actress. I plodded along. I went to junior college in San Francisco, I wa...
ANNETTE BENING

I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I am an avid mother, let me put it that way.
ANNETTE BENING

It used to be the one or the other, right? You were the 'bad girl' or the 'good girl'...
ANNETTE BENING

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.
ANNETTE BENING

I love being busy, and I love having a lot going on; it's exciting.
ANNETTE BENING

I had never been attracted to younger guys. I had, from my late teens, always liked men who were old...
ANNETTE BENING

We still want to idealize moms, and sometimes we want to idealize actresses who are moms, too. I kno...
ANNETTE BENING

There's no question that you can explore aspects of yourself through roles that you play, and yo...
ANNETTE BENING

He seemed to know so much more than it would be appropriate for a first-time (film) director to know...
ANNETTE BENING

It's a thrill because the movie was made for love. We did it because we thought it could be very spe...
ANNETTE BENING

My dad was in the life insurance business, so I learned about selling when I was about 14 because I ...
ANNETTE BENING

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.
ANNETTE BENING

My character in 'Running With Scissors' is manic-depressive. She starts out as a wonderfully...
ANNETTE BENING

They did really adventurous traveling together. She talked about that. She talked about what a great...
ANNETTE BENING

I read 'Game Change.' If you want to relive the campaign, that book is unbelievable. It'...
ANNETTE BENING

There's always a possibility, no matter how small it is. And as long as the possibility is still the...
BENING ANGGANI

Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition ...
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listeni...
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

What can you say about such a man as Christopher Reeve? He embodied all the best that a human being ...
ANNETTE O'TOOLE

There are many, many new laws -- things that are on the books that we don't all understand or know a...
ANNETTE SINGLETARY

The people that were in the building were the principal's relatives and she was playing a practical ...
ANNETTE SINGLETARY

We obviously will continue following up on anything we hear.
ANNETTE SINGLETARY

It hasn't been anything that's jeopardized life. They're out away from schools. They've all happened...
ANNETTE SINGLETARY

The students certainly used good judgment and thought quickly to handle the situation properly.
ANNETTE SINGLETARY

We go through this every year with the Legislature, and we have to wait to see what we are going to ...
ANNETTE SINGLETARY

We need to have a police investigation to determine if any additional actions need to be taken .
ANNETTE SINGLETARY

We're not saying that there is something (criminal) that happened. We don't know. There needs to be ...
ANNETTE SINGLETARY

Unfortunately, we're out there too and being involved in as many accidents as anyone else.
ANNETTE PONCE

It's actually a business that houses refurbished carpet.
ANNETTE PONCE

The whole building is a total loss. No one is going to be able to live there.
ANNETTE PONCE

It intensified. The attic, being an open area -- it traveled quickly.
ANNETTE PONCE

It's a tremendous achievement that the New York Stock Exchange in such a quick way has responded to ...
ANNETTE NAZARETH

The terms of the settlement ... align the interests of research analysts with those of investors, wi...
ANNETTE NAZARETH

I think what we have here now is a very significant set of rules, ... I think the Commission has mad...
ANNETTE NAZARETH

There's been very significant growing pains,
ANNETTE NAZARETH

it's appropriate and reasonable for prosecutors to use their discretion, particularly when the legal...
ANNETTE NAZARETH

They certainly don't have the reputation in private label that Federated and Macy's have.
ANNETTE MCEVOY

Younger men have been raised in dual-income households, where they have always shopped for themselve...
ANNETTE MCEVOY

While women are still the majority of shoppers, I think men hold out a hope for a better retail year...
ANNETTE MCEVOY

They know they're doing something wrong. I think they've been very open about that. They're trying t...
ANNETTE MCEVOY

For many specialty retailers, their Web site is their largest store.
ANNETTE MCEVOY

So these are two major lies that China has been telling the whole world. Unfortunately, the central ...
ANNETTE LU

These two points are lies. UN Resolution 2758 does not say a word about the relationship between Tai...
ANNETTE LU

It is the duty of all local officials to stay as prepared as possible for the typhoon,
ANNETTE LU

I hope a miracle can occur as the military makes its courageous rescue efforts,
ANNETTE LU

Sincerely, we wish and hope that China would have the honor to earn the auspicious Olympic Games in ...
ANNETTE LU

I hope Japan's ruling and opposition parties can emerge from the shadow of history from now on,
ANNETTE LU

It was like dropping two stones into a pond. We did see some ripples. However, their political caree...
ANNETTE LU

China now threatens not just Taiwan but every corner of the Pacific Ocean with its aggressive expans...
ANNETTE LU

The illustration of China's military capability and its deployment in the US Pentagon report release...
ANNETTE LU

Chairman Ma is very different from Chairman Lien. Since we all agree to recognize the Republic of Ch...
ANNETTE LU

Our prayer is for people who have searched for 'it' in things or in other people and have been disap...
ANNETTE LEE

It was a challenge because we wanted to be sensitive to their own personal issues without exploiting...
ANNETTE LEE

The grade levels went up. The confidence went up. I'm very impressed.
ANNETTE LEE

Meredith came up with the concept right after Christmas. After that, it was a collaborative effort, ...
ANNETTE LEE

One lesson I've learned (in this production) is that the real gospel message of the cross, the blood...
ANNETTE LEE

It's not a good thing. This is an over-30-year business, and for the first time, I'm extremely conce...
ANNETTE JOHNSON

The extra boxes will be put to good use. We can repackage the surplus supplies in those boxes and di...
ANNETTE JOHNSON

Thank you all very much. We love you all and are praying for you like you are praying for us.
ANNETTE JOHNSON

No! I go to Chase-Pitkin for everything I need in my house.
ANNETTE JOHNSON

We're only going to take the items we need, ... We'll box things up and send them to another shelter...
ANNETTE JOHNSON

They are starting to come in from parts of Louisiana and Texas. These supplies couldn't have come at...
ANNETTE JOHNSON

Texas schools are opening their doors to thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees. We want to help th...
ANNETTE GRIFFIN

Texas schools are opening their doors to thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees,
ANNETTE GRIFFIN

We're going to have fully certified teachers that have had a background check and it's going to be d...
ANNETTE GRIFFIN

WeÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â´re going to have fully certified teachers that have had a background check and i...
ANNETTE GRIFFIN

Texas schools are opening their doors to thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees. We want to help th...
ANNETTE GRIFFIN

It is important to get these children back into a stable school environment as quickly as possible.
ANNETTE GRIFFIN

I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs.
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

As I grew older, I came to feel more responsible for any hardship or trouble my career caused my fam...
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call...
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

This could get very close. It keeps blazing back up.
ANNETTE DAVIS

[The city] got scared once the media showed up.
ANNETTE DAVIS

Any time there is a convicted felon, their sample is entered in the database, which can then be comp...
ANNETTE DAVIS

I definitely feel like it was a tornado. The neighbors say they saw it coming but they couldn't aler...
ANNETTE DAVIS

Our average DNA case is a minimum of a month or more.
ANNETTE DAVIS

I think that Pickens County will do their best to address the facility needs and the teacher salary ...
ANNETTE CRAIG

There are two things in our district that we need to work on that would help us recruit the best and...
ANNETTE CRAIG

What is in our favor is we are such a good district. We have high test scores, we have wonderful stu...
ANNETTE CRAIG

Obviously we are going to every recruitment fair in the state of South Carolina that we can get to. ...
ANNETTE CRAIG

This also will save us money without affecting our customers.
ANNETTE COPELAND

The cross match validates the information we receive. The result is more-accurate wage records, whic...
ANNETTE COPELAND

We hope people agree that a little wait is okay in order to support the Hurricane Katrina recovery e...
ANNETTE COPELAND

A lot of the calls come from shelters where applicants just pass the phone along to the next person ...
ANNETTE COPELAND

He had brains going to bed,
ANNETTE CARTER

It's really hot. . . . It's just sticky.
ANNETTE CARTER

He was a jack of all trades,
ANNETTE CARTER

was hanging around with the wrong crowd.
ANNETTE CARTER

We haven't lost our lives, and we're grateful. Those poor people. We don't have any communication wi...
ANNETTE CARTER

We knew something was coming, but we had no clue.
ANNETTE CARTER

The spectacle of Mr. Allen being wheeled into the death chamber, unable to walk and unable to see th...
ANNETTE CARNEGIE

These infirmities are not simply the result of the passage of time or of old age, as some would sugg...
ANNETTE CARNEGIE

At this point, he is not a harm or threat to anyone.
ANNETTE CARNEGIE

The governor has chosen not to give any consideration to the devastating impact these unacceptable c...
ANNETTE CARNEGIE

My mother flew out to see us on April 9. She had never flown before, and that snowstorm stretched fr...
ANNETTE BROWN

We provide the gloves if they want to touch it (which many do).
ANNETTE BROWN

I didn't want to die like that.
ANNETTE BROWN

I was trying to keep my head about me, although inside, I was screaming.
ANNETTE BROWN

When he looked up, I realized this is the guy I'd been seeing on America's Most Wanted, a wanted fug...
ANNETTE BROWN

I looked into his eyes and he looked into mine. They were very dark, empty, unfeeling and cold. I fe...
ANNETTE BROWN

We want people to experience as much as they can instead of talking at them, lecturing at them, or r...
ANNETTE BROWN

They have earned it and it's nice to acknowledge their hard work. It's both a reward and an incentiv...
ANNETTE BROWN

We do have fifth- and sixth-graders already using substances...cigarettes would probably be the most...
ANNETTE BROWN

We?re sticking to the Downtown Plan.
ANNETTE BRIGHTWELL

We did it in phases; we knew there was no way (to do it all at once).
ANNETTE BRIGHTWELL

We let the mayor pick out the (paint) colors and the carpet.
ANNETTE BRIGHTWELL

There?s a mud room for the guys, because they come in with muddy feet from being out in the field.
ANNETTE BRIGHTWELL

Inflation is going the wrong way, from 3.2 to 3.4 per cent.
ANNETTE BEACHER

Yes, the economy is slowing, but New Zealand is not in recession. Even if you take January and Febru...
ANNETTE BEACHER

You can draw a pretty strong conclusion that better availability and cheaper child care would certai...
ANNETTE BEACHER

If Peter Costello wants more taxpayers, he is going to have to find more child-care places so mother...
ANNETTE BEACHER

Annual wages growth is still accelerating. It is premature to talk of interest-rate cuts while such ...
ANNETTE BEACHER

The central bank has identified the triggers that will make it raise rates. We don't think those thi...
ANNETTE BEACHER

There is a cost to the economy.
ANNETTE BEACHER

This is the nail in the coffin for the recession camp.
ANNETTE BEACHER

Aside from the unexpected slump in non-rural goods, we note that imports are still strong in capital...
ANNETTE BEACHER

For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside.
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

Just when the caterpillar thought “I am incapable of moving,” it became a butterfly.
ANNETTE THOMAS

Taiwan matters because of its vital role in spreading democracy in East Asia. Taiwan matters because...
ANNETTE LU

This is all in addition to what property owners are paying now.
ANNETTE RATZENBERGER

I have worked with Carol for three years, and I think my opinion of her can be summed up with three ...
ANNETTE MANN

I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something othe...
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can ...
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social proble...
ANNETTE FUNICELLO

We´re going to have fully certified teachers that have had a background check and it´s going to be...
ANNETTE GRIFFIN

Just because you're miserable doesn't mean you can't enjoy your life.
ANNETTE GOODHEART

The problem with technology is we can't see a bottom. The dilemma right now is there is no leadershi...
ANNETTE GEDDES

I think the next move by the Fed will be to take a neutral stance. I think the economy is probably s...
ANNETTE GEDDES

I know we can do other things with our time, but is so easy to pick up a crochet needle and skeins o...
ANNETTE GARRICK

We are also seeking donations of skeins of yarn for this project. We have members who will do the cr...
ANNETTE GARRICK

Because the afghan project is gaining momentum, we are inviting people of all ages to contribute to ...
ANNETTE GARRICK

We are very excited about this camp because there is nothing in the area for youth to stay to have o...
ANNETTE CONDELUCI

Students audition for a spot to play side by side with one of our professional musicians. This gives...
ANNETTE CONDELUCI

We have two programs we already offer youth, the Young Artists and the Side by Side competitions.
ANNETTE CONDELUCI

The money will provide us with the extra things we always wished we could do. You know, the things y...
ANNETTE COBB

I thought, what could I have won, maybe five or 10 dollars? I took one look at that ticket and I scr...
ANNETTE COBB

[We want to] do some traveling, invest, save some for the kids college fund.
ANNETTE COBB

We're building items for future tests.
ANNETTE BOHLING

The moment it was noticed is the moment we took action and said we're not going to allow our servers...
ANNETTE BOHLING

It certainly is frustrating because it affects our productivity and our ability to communicate. Peop...
ANNETTE BOHLING

They know what a red kettle means to people. People know that a Salvation Army kettle is a pretty sa...
ANNETTE BAUER

Every single person coming out of the stands put money in there.
ANNETTE BAUER

We didn't see no kids, so evidently, she had been leaving them in the house.
ANNETTE BAKER

You have to constantly keep your eye on them. You can't leave them alone.
ANNETTE BAKER

We live in a place that has so many unanswered questions. Why did Allison victimize this man? Why di...
ANNETTE AYERS

A group went in overnight and overpowered the jailer in Dobson and took his keys. It was said that p...
ANNETTE AYERS

Allison comes upon him somewhere on the street and pulls his pistol out and shoots him twice in fron...
ANNETTE AYERS

This is an election year and it's the chance for people to get out there and vote for the candidates...
ANNETTE ANNECHILD

How would you feel if you owned a building for 50 years and someone came and told you they were taki...
ANNETTE ANNECHILD

We are going to fill the grounds.
ANNETTE ANNECHILD

I acknowledged that God is the sovereign Lord and I gave myself up completely. I guess it’s a litt...
ANNETTE SPRATTE

So far, we have a great response from the businesses and churches.
ANNETTE ZELLA

This is a positive way for the community to work together to make our town look its very best. By ha...
ANNETTE ZELLA

We have stuck to our strategy of providing innovative and exciting products, creating a fun place to...
ANNETTE VERSCHUREN

Don't give the shooter too much credit for killing my son. He only shot my son; it was the Lord who ...
ANNETTE SMITH

Just knowing he will not be here Christmas morning when they unwrap the gifts and that type of thing...
ANNETTE SCARLETT

Just the bond that he had with the kids, I did not realize how strong that was and how much he did w...
ANNETTE SCARLETT

As a married couple you kinda take for granted the little moments. Just being able to come home and ...
ANNETTE SCARLETT

We believe that if we don't interfere with Dare County's federal project then they will help us with...
ANNETTE RATZENBERGER

I love the craft of acting, I love learning, I love everything that comes with the new project; the whole process is totally intoxicating to me.

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I love the craft of acting, I love learning, I love everything that comes with the new project; the whole process is totally intoxicating to me.

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