Lesley Ann Warren
Lesley Ann Warren
Lesley Ann Warrenis an American actress and singer. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Emmy Award, and five times for Golden Globe Award, taking one. She is known for her roles in films, The Happiest Millionaire, Victor Victoria, Clue, Burglar, Cop, Color of Night and Secretary. Warren has also appeared in popular TV shows, Mission: Impossible, Desperate Housewives, Will & Grace, and In Plain Sight...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth16 August 1946
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
You have to be really willing to embrace life and life's turns, and play that for your audience, because there is value in every moment of that journey.
The truth is, I would do anything for Alan Rudolph. If he asked me to stand on my head and spit wooden nickels, I would. I love him. I loved working with him.
I came from the musical stage. My first show was '110 In The Shade.' I started as a ballet dancer and then sort of gravitated toward musical theater, so any time I got asked to sing or dance, it was a joy for me.
I've been a character actress right from the beginning. I was no more like 'Cinderella' in my real life than I was like the neurotic poet in 'Cop.'
I was terrified, terrified in 'Songwriter,' because there I was, New York Jewish girl, singing country-western onstage with Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. I mean, forget it. I was so terrified.
Good work is good work wherever it is.
Human beings have to create hope. They have to. You have to have something you hold onto as being a possibility. Otherwise, why go on?
I know that some people work differently, but I have to work from the inside out. It doesn't matter how big the character is, there has to be a truthful core.
I have come far, but not far enough. It is still a man's world.
I was terrified, terrified in Songwriter, because there I was, New York Jewish girl, singing country-western onstage with Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. I mean, forget it. I was so terrified.
Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart, right from the start, go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. As I've learned, that's the path to happiness.