Annette Bening
Annette Bening
Annette Carol Beningis an American actress. She began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and played Lady Macbeth in 1984 at the American Conservatory Theatre. She was nominated for the 1987 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut in Coastal Disturbances. She is a four-time Academy Award nominee; for the films The Grifters, American Beauty, Being Juliaand The Kids Are All Right. In 2006, she received a star...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth29 May 1958
CityTopeka, KS
CountryUnited States of America
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It's a thrill because the movie was made for love. We did it because we thought it could be very special ... It's absolutely a thrill to be a part of something that has meant so much to so many people. We're all just thrilled that people like it.
They did really adventurous traveling together. She talked about that. She talked about what a great reader he was, that he would read up on where they were going. It's completely fascinating to talk to her. I was ? and she said that when they were dancing, he made her feel like Ginger Rogers.
I just sort of took her lead. She was guiding the conversation. She's an old lady now, 82 or so, and she was sort of surprised that we were making the story. She said nice things about him. She said he was a great traveler. ... And she said he was a great dancer, that he made her feel like Ginger Rogers.
I find the reality of our emotional lives interesting.
I feel very lucky I don't have to be a critic.
I feel that certain things are best kept inside a family and not discussed with anyone else.
I don't see myself as having to compete with younger actresses; I don't feel that.
Having a life outside of movies is like pure oxygen. It makes the work more precious and informed.
Every person's opinion, in a way, does matter.
Critics have a responsibility to put things in a cultural and sociological or political context. That is important.
Anyone who is drawn in broad strokes either negatively or positively is generally not very interesting to play.
The time I spend with my kids informs every fiber of who I am.
My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing.
My mother is not somebody who's troubled by aging.