Christine Lahti
Christine Lahti
Christine Ann Lahtiis an American actress and film director. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1984 film Swing Shift. Her other film roles include ...And Justice for All, Housekeeping, Running on Empty, and Leaving Normal. For her directorial debut with the 1995 short film Lieberman in Love, she won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film...
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth4 April 1950
CityBirmingham, MI
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I had directed a short film, but basically I'm a student in how to use the camera to tell the story, so I really needed that rehearsal.
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Also, I thought the writing, on Chicago Hope in particular, was far superior to a lot of the feature-film scripts that I had been getting anyway.
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I also do push-ups when I can, but I normally don't work out my upper body except when I'm lifting my kids, which usually is enough!
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You know what's weird is that we all parent the way we were parented. Sometimes I find myself saying just the things I hated to hear my mother say.
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What was exciting was to really go beneath the surface and see what makes a person insulting, mean and abusive... especially to ones own child.
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And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen them in a million movies and it's too much like cranking the tears out. I didn't want that scene.
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The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover.
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I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.
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I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested.
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Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.
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I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself.
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I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame.
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I am an actress and acting is my passion... period!
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Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities.