Lili Taylor
Lili Taylor
Lili Anne Tayloris an American actress notable for her appearances in such award-winning indie films as Mystic Pizza, Say Anything..., Dogfight, Short Cutsand I Shot Andy Warhol, as well as several big-budget films such as Ransom, The Haunting, The Conjuringand Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth20 February 1967
CityGlencoe, IL
CountryUnited States of America
strange-places cynical trying
Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.
two trying openness
Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.
central-park trying parks
I love Central Park. I spend a lot of time in there. I try and get in there whenever I can.
anybody butterfly grave moves moving wakes wandering
It moves me when anybody is just wandering through life, sleepwalking, and then wakes up. It's like the caterpillar to butterfly thing - the chrysalis. It's just so moving because they're not going to go to their grave with a slipping down life.
acute business people present realize sure
The weird thing about this business - and I'm sure this operates in many other things, but it's very present and acute in this business - is that a lot of people don't realize that they have power. Particularly actors.
gonna million puts whether
If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know?
portray problem seen truly
My thing is that anybody's interesting if you go into the complexities. That's my problem with the whore. We've seen the whore, obviously, two-dimensionally, one-dimensionally. But if we're truly going to portray a whore in a complicated light, then I'm interested.
faith given hard heart led paid realize realizing work
I'm realizing that the hard work has really paid off - not hard work acting-wise, but spiritually and principle-wise. That's given me faith enough that my heart hasn't led me astray. I've started to realize that you can do it your way. There are no rules.
real humble self
Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and real. You see so many people who don't succeed.
smart crazy play
I like to play smart, three-dimensional women. I also like to play roles where the women are a little crazy. I just have a feel for crazy people.
stories catching-up catching
As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do.
character play may
I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot of female roles uninteresting.
essence creative acting
When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up.
men guy say-anything
The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy