Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith is an American actress. Griffith began her career as an adolescent in nonspeaking film roles before making her credited debut opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's Night Moves. She rose to prominence for her role in Brian De Palma's Body Double, which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in Something Wildgarnered critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 August 1957
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
In Spain there's the king - and then there's Antonio.
When I was 34, people would say, What's going to happen to you when you're 40? What are you going to do? You don't have much time left. And I was like, what are you talking about?
You know who helped me a lot? Jane Fonda. She said, Look at how many times I've been up and I've been down. So don't worry about anything.
You only got one life. You can't sit around waiting for your next life to begin.
I've just recently gotten divorced so I have a whole new horizon to conquer.
There's a sculpture in our bedroom, a solid brass replica of Antonio's manhood. It's very expensive, he gave it to me as a romantic gift.
Oh, my career. What career? I'm over 40.
I have terrible PMS. I just went a little crazy.
Honestly I've enjoyed every part that I've done. Literally. Every one.
People who think radio acting is easy are wrong, because you got nothing to work with but your voice.
I'm more relaxed about life now that I'm older. I like it-despite the wrinkles. It's what I feel inside that's precious.
Angelina Jolie may get Antonio Banderas in bed for eight hours on a movie set, but I get him in bed everyday.
In my profession you have to be very strong within yourself in order to block out the rejection and block out the opinions and the commentary that happens.
To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education.