Jill Clayburgh Quotes

People always seem to see echoes of their own lives in my films.
Jill Clayburgh

Lives, Seem, Films

What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older.
Jill Clayburgh

Women, Movies, Older

A woman came up to me after one of the screenings with tears pouring down her face and sobbed, You've defined my entire life for me on the screen.
Jill Clayburgh

Life, Woman, Down

Clothes are part of the character. They can't but help inform who you are.
Jill Clayburgh

Character, Help, Clothes

I came from dinner, went downtown with my friends, the elevator was down, I ran down the hall toward my room at 10 at night, having had two glasses of wine.
Jill Clayburgh

Night, Down, Two

I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater.
Jill Clayburgh

Around, Room, Theater

I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking.
Jill Clayburgh

Experience, Character, Thinking

I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up.
Jill Clayburgh

Work, Kids, While

I just read that Time magazine cover story with all this information about how you have to have your kids by the time you're 12 or it's all over. Please.
Jill Clayburgh

Time, Kids, Read

I like to run, to go down the stairs, I'm one of those kind of people.
Jill Clayburgh

Down, Run, Stairs

I love to swim for miles; I could just go back and forth.
Jill Clayburgh

Fitness, Love, Miles

I no longer say nice things about yoga. I was doing yoga so long before everybody else.
Jill Clayburgh

Nice, Long, Before

I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie you're watching, they have these toned arms and muscles.
Jill Clayburgh

Character, Whatever, Movie

I want to be an actress, not a personality.
Jill Clayburgh

I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.
Jill Clayburgh

Parenting, Birthday, Family

There was just this amazing individuality. It's just a whole different world of optimism and fearlessness, women taking off their bras and dancing around naked, and a political hopefulness and involvement.
Jill Clayburgh

Women, Amazing, Political

There's no environment. Use your imagination. There's no fourth wall, whether it's the first time you've told this story about her life, or the sixth time.
Jill Clayburgh

Life, Time, Her

There's something about soft, unstructured arms that's very beautiful.
Jill Clayburgh

Beautiful, Soft, Arms

Well, this would be nice if it worked out, but I'm not selling the farm.
Jill Clayburgh

Nice, Worked, Selling

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Nationality: American

Born: April 30, 1944

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