Blythe Danner
Blythe Danner
Blythe Katherine Danneris an American actress of film, television and stage...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth3 February 1943
CityPhiladelphia, PA
hard-work first-love people
I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can't do that if you're a musician.
children thinking generations
I was raised in a time where children were still seen and not heard basically, so I think a lot of us in my generation went the other way and just tried to be as much more liberal and open and we're still paying for it.
acting
Acting is really only part of my life. I'm addicted to it.
new-york jobs agents
I've been very lucky. I wanted to be an actress, but I didn't really have the drive to sell myself. Fortunately I had a terrific agent in New York who kept me going from job to job.
school play acting
It was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays.
stuff digging theory
My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.
rocks towns rock-n-roll
I'm mostly a jazz fan and I've never really been into rock 'n' roll music — although I guess Coldplay isn't really rock 'n' roll — but he's made me a convert. I do go to their concerts whenever we're in the same town and I don't even have to wear earplugs any more, which I did in the beginning.
crazy thinking layers
I think I have a lot of crazy layers.
real hard-work toes
Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.
voice littles matter
Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.
children air grandparent
Just look at my face. Its an extraordinary experience. All of my friends who are grandparents have been saying, just wait, a bit cynically, but its just extraordinary. You feel like a child again yourself. Just walking on air.
night discipline theatre
You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You're on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours.
actresses cameras film
Film has always been hard for me, I'm basically a stage actress. I never felt comfortable in front of the camera.
thinking being-there film
I think one of my very favorite films of all time was with Peter Sellers when he played Chauncey, the gardener. Being There.