I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely.
Kim Basinger

I love to be nervous before a scene.
Kim Basinger

I remember that Jack Lemmon, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, says that the day he stops being nervous is the day he should leave the business.
Kim Basinger

I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road.
Kim Basinger

I'm a very determined businesswoman... I've got lots of things to do, and I don't have time to be classified as difficult, and I don't have time.
Kim Basinger

I'm a very determined person.
Kim Basinger

I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social.
Kim Basinger

My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me.
Kim Basinger

There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do.
Kim Basinger

You have to be a little unreal to be in this business.
Kim Basinger


You lose your anonymity just like a helium balloon with a string. Therefore people are going to have their own opinion and they're going to write in whatever clever manner they desire.
Kim Basinger