Claire Danes
Claire Danes
Claire Catherine Danes is an American actress who first came to prominence with her role as Angela Chase in the 1994 series My So-Called Life. The role won her the first of four Golden Globe Awards. She made her film debut the same year in Little Women. Her other films include Romeo + Juliet, The Rainmaker, Les Misérables, Brokedown Palace, Igby Goes Down, The Hours, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Shopgirland Stardust...
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth12 April 1979
CityNew York City, NY
summer yale acting
I guess I stopped acting when I was 18 and didn't pick it up again until I was 21. That wasn't the plan, though. When I first started at Yale, the plan was to do a movie each summer.
tired yale bored
By the time I went to Yale, I'd been acting for a long time and I was really tired of it. I was restless - and a little bored - and I was really eager to investigate different parts of myself.
yale tree intimidating
I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.
associated enormous felt forever gift given hated ironic powerful taking time
It's so ironic that I'll forever be associated with that time because I hated being a teenager, ... I felt under siege. It was an enormous gift to be given those insightful, powerful words. I felt I was taking a megaphone and roaring, 'It's awful.' It was very cathartic.
age difference seemed
The age difference seemed a little awkward, ... but the movie is about that.
period rebel sort totally
I'm totally going through a rebel period right now. It's sort of waning, but ... ach, I'm allowed, right? It's OK, right?
reason relevant
It was uncomfortable, I have to say, but I did think that it was relevant and useful, ... Also, it's erotic. There's no reason to pussyfoot around that. I thought it was vital, so I stripped.
actual based both dark hair personal slight
This is Steve's personal story -- it's based on his actual relationship. We both have kind of slight frames, and I have dark hair in the movie like hers.
actual based both dark hair personal slight
This is Steve's personal story -- it's based on his actual relationship, ... We both have kind of slight frames, and I have dark hair in the movie like hers.
irrelevant money
Money is only irrelevant if you have it,
cast landed literally opportunity tired
I was really tired of that, so this opportunity landed on my lap. I was cast literally the day before I started working,
follows life quite rules
She makes her own rules, ... She's consistent, and she follows those rules about life and work. And she's quite cheeky.
jobs scales appropriate
It's my job to find the cornel of truth and then exaggerate, exaggerate, exaggerate until it's of an appropriate scale.
thinking opposites people
I think people who make movies and have invested a lot of money in them, get frightened that if they challenge an audience they are going to repel them. And I think the opposite it's really true. It takes confidence and courage to know that and then commit to it.