Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange
Jessica Phyllis Langeis an American actress who has received worldwide acclaim for her work in film, theater, and television. The recipient of several awards, including two Academy Awards, one Tony Award, three Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and three Dorian Awards; in 1998, Entertainment Weekly listed Lange among the 25 Greatest Actresses of the '90s. In 2016, Lange became the twenty-second thespian to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth20 April 1949
CityCloquet, MN
CountryUnited States of America
Jessica Lange quotes about
I do love acting. But to work as a photojournalist would have been extraordinary.
Box office success has never meant anything. I couldn't get a film made if I paid for it myself. So I'm not 'box office' and never have been, and that's never entered into my kind of mind set.
Yes, and you should question your government.
It [military action on Iraq] makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States. It is humiliating.
I have always followed the most passionate course.
I never just slide through anything. I explore everything to the fullest, whether good or bad.
If Ive got a clean pair of jeans and a T-shirt, thats usually a good day for me.
To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before.
I like to work in costumes, makeup, and hair that allow me tremendous freedom.
I have been a waitress, and I was a damn fine waitress too, let me tell you.
I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.
It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.
TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't.
Once I started on 'Frances' I discovered it was literally a bottomless well. It devastated me to maintain that for eighteen weeks, to be immersed in this state of rage for twelve to eighteen hours a day. It spilled all over, into other areas of my life.