Glenn Close
Glenn Close
Glenn Close is an American actress. Throughout her long and varied career, she has been consistently acclaimed for her versatility and is widely regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. She has won three Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and received six Academy Award nominations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth19 March 1947
CityGreenwich, CT
CountryUnited States of America
Glenn Close quotes about
tired men luxury
When you're playing a man, you can look tired and horrible and you still look okay. As a woman, if you're tired, it's terrible. It was such a luxury not having to worry about that.
men seductive genius
Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.
sorry men feels
I never wanted to be a man. I feel sorry for them.
men pay dangerous
Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Someone always pays.
thinking vocabulary mental-illness
I think our family is like a lot of families. We had no vocabulary for mental illness
needs mental-health sunlight
What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.
topics speak mental-illness
It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness
american-journalist astounding wanting woman
I thought it was astounding that a woman was censured for wanting to just take up photography. I thought, my, how the world has changed.
american-journalist amusing black children frighten quite white
I find it quite amusing that I can frighten children by just saying, Puppies. Usually they're disappointed I don't actually have black and white hair.
happened holds
in no way, holds you responsible for what happened to Troy.
american-journalist awful characters reasons
I don't think my characters are all awful and horrible. There are reasons for their behaviour. I have to find what makes them human.
war ideas world
I'm fascinated by the First World War because it was supposed to be the war to end all wars, and it was the biggest conflagration that this particular planet had seen. There was a lot of talk about utopia and how it was possible, and then, because of these events that for one reason or another couldn't be stopped, the idea of utopia went out the window.
thinking ipods people
So I think things are going to get closer and closer to each other, because the screens will force that to happen. I think there are a lot of movies that people will only see on their computers or their iPods.
differences one-day thrill
As far as the difference for me between television and movies, I really thrill to the pace of television. As exhausting as it can be - there was actually one day when we never went to bed.