Quotes by Joanne Woodward

Joanne Woodward

Acting is a child’s prerogative. Children are born to act. Usually, people grow up and out of it. Actors always seem to me to be people who never quite did grow out of it.

Children

Growing Up

People

Acting is like sex. You should just do it and not talk about it.

Acting

Actors

Sex

Actors and writers need to come back to the theater because it’s a place where you can learn. You have to pay your dues; and people who haven’t paid their dues in the theater, I think, have a hard time creating a whole career.

Careers

Hard Times

Thinking

An activist is someone who makes an effort to see problems that are not being addressed and then makes an effort to make their voice heard. Sometimes there are so many things that it’s almost impossible to make your voice heard in every area, but you can sure try.

Effort

Trying

Voice

I remember when I first won the Academy Award, and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award around that you could really believe in again.

Awards

Believe

Wish

I used to be neurotic. I didn’t like myself very much. But somewhere in my mid-40s, my neuroses stopped seeming so important. I developed a sense of humor.

Important

Neurosis

Sense Of Humor

I was down in Washington when 9/11 happened. We were in the middle of putting together the next summer season, and all I could think of was something somehow must make sense to us. Our Town kept coming into my mind.

Mind

Summer

Thinking

I was dubious about the effects of the Alexander Technique when I first went in to experience it, but I found out almost immediately that the benefits were total – both physically and mentally – and, happily, have also been long-lasting.

Effectiveness

Healing

Long

I’m a risk-taker. I like to test myself.

Risk

Tests

I’m going to get a new hairdo and look terrific and go back to school and even if nobody notices, I’m going to be the most self-fulfilled lady on the block.

Block

Depressing

School

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Acting

Actors

Awards

Beauty

Becoming

Believe

Best Way

Block

Business

Careers

Children

Christmas

Cute Love

Daughter

Depressing

Effectiveness

Effort

Family

Giving Up

Grandchildren

Growing Up

Hard Times

Healing

Important

Intensity

Long

Loss

Mind

Monday

Mother

Neurosis

People

Planets

Real

Risk

School

Sense Of Humor

Sex

Sleep

Summer

Tests

Thinking

Trying

Upset

Vivid

Voice

Way

Wish

Young

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Quotes by Joanne Woodward

Joanne Woodward

Acting is a child’s prerogative. Children are born to act. Usually, people grow up and out of it. Actors always seem to me to be people who never quite did grow out of it.

Acting is like sex. You should just do it and not talk about it.

Actors and writers need to come back to the theater because it’s a place where you can learn. You have to pay your dues; and people who haven’t paid their dues in the theater, I think, have a hard time creating a whole career.

An activist is someone who makes an effort to see problems that are not being addressed and then makes an effort to make their voice heard. Sometimes there are so many things that it’s almost impossible to make your voice heard in every area, but you can sure try.

I remember when I first won the Academy Award, and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award around that you could really believe in again.

I used to be neurotic. I didn’t like myself very much. But somewhere in my mid-40s, my neuroses stopped seeming so important. I developed a sense of humor.

I was down in Washington when 9/11 happened. We were in the middle of putting together the next summer season, and all I could think of was something somehow must make sense to us. Our Town kept coming into my mind.

I was dubious about the effects of the Alexander Technique when I first went in to experience it, but I found out almost immediately that the benefits were total – both physically and mentally – and, happily, have also been long-lasting.

I’m a risk-taker. I like to test myself.

I’m going to get a new hairdo and look terrific and go back to school and even if nobody notices, I’m going to be the most self-fulfilled lady on the block.

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