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 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 think all actors have a sadomasochistic streak, because acting is kind of brutal, you know.
One of the things I love most about acting is just disappearing in the role, as much as I can. I think that's one of the things that intrigued me about it.
I've been painting off and on since I was in sixth grade. I don't paint when I'm acting - I'm not really able to split my focus that way. I do it intensely when I'm doing it, but I'm reluctant to take myself too seriously as a painter because that would mean there would be pressure to be better than I am.
I decided I needed something that I could feel as passionate about as acting, and something in which I could completely lose myself. I started painting, and I'm still doing it.
Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.
Acting is kind of brutal.
I wasn't able to do any press for it.
First of all, plain and simple, you have no real idea of what it means to be famous until you become famous. It's a double-edged sword. Obviously there are a lot of amazing things about fame, but there are also a lot of challenging things about it.
The whole celebrity thing never is normal and I think the fuller your life is, the more you are able to just kind of call a truce with it on a good day.
Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bight side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am.
I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table.
This is the thing I've learned, after a lot of couch time: There are always red flags. You need to look for those red flags along the way so you don't continue to make the same mistakes with another person.
They were distracted for a split-second, which was all it took for the other man to jump into the car.