Mira Sorvino
Mira Sorvino
Mira Katherine Sorvinois an American actress. She came to prominence after winning the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite. She is also known for starring in the films Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Mimic, The Replacement Killers, Summer of Sam, and Like Dandelion Dust. She received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her role in Norma Jean & Marilyn, and a Golden Globe nomination for her role in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth28 September 1967
CountryUnited States of America
[My choice about scripts] is just a question of what I fall in love with. You have to use some kind of instinct meter about it. I think I'm getting closer to my instincts now. I don't think there needs to be a plan. I think there needs to be love. I think you need to love what you're doing and then the rest is anybody's guess.
My father taught me how to substitute realities.
It's the relationships between people that are more important than the sort of far away fantasies of what the good life is, the world of supermodels and Bud ads.
The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first.
As a youth, I hated myself for not being good enough. All my inadequacies and failures, not being kind enough, generous or understanding enough, would assail me at night. It became a habit to be guilty and self castigating, not liking myself because I was unworthy... I really tortured myself.
I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it.
I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera.
You know how in high school you do these plays and people come up after the show and they're really excited for you? Well, that's what's happening to me right now.
Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.
I have to be able to shake my imaginary life from my real life when I walk through the door with my children who immediately need a lot from me. It's actually kind of a relief, especially if it was a dark day on set.
I had a Christian upbringing - it was all about sin and guilt. I was very happy just kissing people. I was like the make-out queen - not even second base.
There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop.
I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I've gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative.
One of the hugest ways that will make an impact, which is only in its infancy right now, is corporate accountability. Consumers at the buying point saying, 'Can you certify to me that this product is slavery-free?' And most cannot right now.