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" I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad - and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the reasons I'm successful. Because I really care about what I do. "

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Michelle Pfeiffer

Life

Giving

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" Well, I'm very stubborn. I think I have common sense; I'm probably at times a bit tunnel-visioned, but I'm strong. "

" The value of a good education has never left me. "

" Where I came from, the idea of going into show business was just ridiculous; in fact I didn't tell anybody because I knew people would laugh at me. So I sort of snuck around and got some pictures and got a resume together and, of course, lied and said I did all kinds of things I didn't do. "

" 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. "

" 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'm a Taurus. To the bone. "

Michelle Pfeiffer

Bone

" My walk is consistently made fun of. "

" 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 look like a duck. It's the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck. "

Michelle Pfeiffer

Mouth

Look

" Just standing around looking beautiful is so boring. "

" You know, the more you can meet people from different walks of life, the better it is for you. I think the more you can create situations and experiences that give you new perspective, the better. "

" I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality. In that sense, I earn every dime I make. "

" 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. "

" I do portraits. I usually do live models in a class environment, but I've been painting at home more. I really love the human form, and I love faces. I've tried to do landscapes a few times. "

" 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. "

" I have days when I just feel I look like a dog. "

" And I'm a really happy person, I enjoy life. I think you see that on people. I think there's nothing more aging than misery. "

" Ultimately, I believe the only secret to a happy marriage is choosing the right person. Life is a series of choices, right? "

" I'm good at disguising my feelings. "

Michelle Pfeiffer

Good

Feelings

" I don't know if it's naivete or just narcissism, but I start out with this notion that I can do anything. It's not until I get into it that I realize what I've thrown myself into, and then I will do anything not to humiliate myself. And that, I think, is the secret to my success. "

" 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. "