Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Marie Pfeifferis an American actress and occasional singer. She began her acting career in 1978 and had her first starring film role in Grease 2, before receiving mainstream attention for her breakout performance in Scarface. Her greatest commercial successes include Batman Returns, Dangerous Minds, What Lies Beneathand Hairspray...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth29 April 1958
CitySanta Ana, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I think that I am a compulsive person, but now I'm learning to put those compulsions into healthy things.
Everybody is vulnerable to being in relationships where they get fooled. I'm no different. It's just human nature.
When I was very young I never thought I was attractive, because I was a tomboy and I was always the biggest girl in the class.
If you think hitting 40 is liberating, wait until you hit 50; and I was surprised at how liberating it was. The anticipation of something is always much worse than the reality.
It takes years for me to trust; I know that about myself. A lot of it is because I am so private, and so reluctant to make myself vulnerable.
Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.
I say really stupid things sometimes. When I go back and watch some of my old interviews from when I was younger, I just cringe.
I said, going into acting, 'I'm never moving to L.A.,' because it scared me. But there was no way you could build an acting career in Orange County.
I have days when I just feel I look like a dog.
I used to do drugs in high school. I've been living in L.A. for almost 10 years, and shortly after I arrived I cleaned up pretty much. Stuff goes on on the set, stuff goes on at parties.
I guess I sort of just feel like I am lucky.
I feel less pressure to dress youthfully. I'm 50 and everyone knows I'm 50 - who are you kidding? Jeans are my uniform. I have about 15 pairs.
I still think people will find out that I’m really not very talented. I’m really not very good. It’s all been a big sham.
Every time I set up an interview, I say, "That's it, this is my last one. I'll do this because I committed to doing it, but I'm never doing another one."