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" I don't know what it is, exactly, but there's a negative drag on film sets after the second week or so, a mutinous vibe because the infinite capacities of the directors and everybody else become quite finite and everybody's under the gun and it becomes work. "

Diane Lane

Work

Know

Week

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" Things hurt me just as much as anyone else. My insecurities, failures. I'm vulnerable to comparisons. "

Diane Lane

Things

Hurt

" The potential hot tomato of today can turn into the cold pop tart of tomorrow, and I know that. "

" For me, I don't even like to promote my films but I have to because it's in the fine print of my contract. "

Diane Lane

Fine

" You can't get work without working. "

" I grew up watching Wonder Woman; I grew up watching Batman. I grew up watching George Reeves as Superman. "

Diane Lane

Watching

Superman

" So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done. "

" I don't really know how to relate to a long-term day-in day-out kind of comfortable relationship. "

" It's nice to have a pause to parent and to be more present at home, teaching them how to drive cars and navigate boys and all this sort of thing. "

" Americans have an interesting conundrum, a black and white line: You're on one side or the other of Puritanism or licentiousness. But that gray area where people abide, between their ears or on the Internet, needs to be fleshed out more in terms of permission granted. "

" Pete Docter's a genius isn't he? "

Diane Lane

Genius

" I never wished that I was a superstar. Hell, I never even wished that I was an actress. "

" For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career. "

" I was really fortunate that I was not in 'successful movies' when I was younger, because whatever's given, there's an undertow that wants to take it away. "

" Are we asking terribly much of people to be curious and interested in the female experience from the female perspective? "

" To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with. "

Diane Lane

Care

People

" The weird thing about film, which I don't really care for, is that I'm always surprised when I see the film. One way or another, I'm always surprised. "

" Self-respect is a commodity worth cleaving to. "

" Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in. "

" I'm a girl, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate greatness and the struggle of sports. My situation - and I've always said this, even in politics - is may the best man win. I'm not team-bound. "

" All I know is it was incredible watching Robert Downey Jr. bring Chaplin to life. Talk about weight-lifting! "

" I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel. "

" Essentially, my hero-role model is Muhammad Ali, because when I watched this one fight of his with my dad when I was a kid, and I watched him not go down... I think him just taking a lot of blows and not going down, it was so moving. "

" I feel like I'm the most forgiven actress I can think of, probably because of this short memory people have! "

Diane Lane

People

Feel

" You have to realize, making movies is the weirdest thing you could ever do. It's a contrivance, but you're attempting to reach people's hearts in the dark, and there are so many factors that are out of your control. "

" The largest room in the world is room for improvement. You know, some mornings my thighs are fat. Some days my hair looks great. That's the human condition. "

" When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy. "

" Love is saying you're sorry. It's the opposite of those cherub posters that say, 'Love is never having to say you're sorry.' Wrong! Love is three sorrys a day. If you haven't met that quota, something's wrong. "