Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange
Jessica Phyllis Langeis an American actress who has received worldwide acclaim for her work in film, theater, and television. The recipient of several awards, including two Academy Awards, one Tony Award, three Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and three Dorian Awards; in 1998, Entertainment Weekly listed Lange among the 25 Greatest Actresses of the '90s. In 2016, Lange became the twenty-second thespian to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth20 April 1949
CityCloquet, MN
CountryUnited States of America
I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.
I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.
The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to that place. There's also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that I've never been able to shake.
I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.
It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.
There was that feminist myth that we can do everything. I don't think you can.
TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't.
When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want to work.
Once I started on 'Frances' I discovered it was literally a bottomless well. It devastated me to maintain that for eighteen weeks, to be immersed in this state of rage for twelve to eighteen hours a day. It spilled all over, into other areas of my life.
I have been a waitress, and I was a damn fine waitress too, let me tell you.
What can I say? I hate Bush; I despise him and his entire administration, everything he represents and everything he has tried to do, not only internationally, which is horrific, but domestically as well. In my country the atmosphere is poisoned. Unbreathable for those of us who are not on the right. So thank you for inviting me to this festival and allowing me to leave there for a few days.
There are no explanations, there are no answers.
It [military action on Iraq] makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States. It is humiliating.
Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them.