Illeana Douglas Quotes

• I enjoy doing independent films more, only because there's more freedom. There's not as many cooks tampering with what you are trying to do.

  Illeana Douglas

  Independent, Trying, Film

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• I know in this day and age, when you meet men, they often want to be boys. They dress like boys. And it's very confusing. I can't offer any solution except to make a movie about it.

  Illeana Douglas

  Boys, Men, Confusing

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• I like doing movies that relate to people's experience.

  Illeana Douglas

  People, Relate

  Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, suicidegirls.com. September 22, 2003.

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• I learned that a television show is not a collaboration. You give your 180 percent, but you do not question the show-runners. I remember doing a reading, and my part was kind of small that week, and I commented on it, and the next week, they cut me out of the show. So I learned that you never ask questions. In TV, you always assume you're going to be fired.

  Illeana Douglas

  Reading, Cutting, Giving

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I always wanted to get into the horror genre. I like scary movies. I want to go to the fan shows and sign posters with my head hanging by a thread like a B-movie actress.

  Illeana Douglas

  Horror Genre, Scary, Want

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• There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.

  Illeana Douglas

  People, Insecurity, Whispering

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• I come from a pretty strange family.

  Illeana Douglas

  Strange, Advocating

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• I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period.

  Illeana Douglas

  Cowboy, Vintage, Dresses

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

  Illeana Douglas

  Character, Trying, Mets

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• The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.

  Illeana Douglas

  Situation, Casts

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• It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.

  Illeana Douglas

  Interesting, Roles, Way

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• In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.

  Illeana Douglas

  School, Goal, Acting

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• It's nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding.

  Illeana Douglas

  Nice, People, Succeed

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• I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had.

  Illeana Douglas

  Hero, Ideas, Nerd

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times.

  Illeana Douglas

  Silly, Home, Scene

  Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, suicidegirls.com. September 22, 2003.

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• God only knows what else is on the web about me.

  Illeana Douglas

  Knows

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• I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.

  Illeana Douglas

  Character, Males, Obsession

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.

  Illeana Douglas

  Guy, Dying, Action

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• I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.

  Illeana Douglas

  Magic, Ventriloquism

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like the idea of capturing people who aren't there to save the world.

  Illeana Douglas

  Ideas, People, World

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• I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.

  Illeana Douglas

  Writing, Character, Want

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• I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man.

  Illeana Douglas

  Men, Grandfather, Kind

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny.

  Illeana Douglas

  Real, Thinking, Night

  Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, www.suicidegirls.com. September 22, 2003.

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• I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.

  Illeana Douglas

  Years, Two, Done

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• I'm a huge poster collector.

  Illeana Douglas

  Posters, Collectors, Huge

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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