Faye Dunaway Quotes & Sayings

It's true, I did a lot of great movies, and I'm happy. It was what it was, and now I think all of that has fed into where I am now, and I think it has taught me a lot. — Faye Dunaway

I'm kind of a recluse. — Faye Dunaway

I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys. — Faye Dunaway

I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do. — Faye Dunaway

It's interesting as one grows older to keep in touch with the cutting edge. — Faye Dunaway

Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director. — Faye Dunaway

Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that your efforts have made a difference. — Faye Dunaway

I am desperate and vulnerable ... I am always terrified ... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome. — Faye Dunaway

Since Star Wars, that film's success led to bigger budgets, more hardware, that the great movies like the ones I did, which were studio movies, are now independent movies. They range from half a million to several million, and a lot of those have very interesting roles. — Faye Dunaway

My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life. — Faye Dunaway

Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they're surprised. — Faye Dunaway

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was. — Faye Dunaway

I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones. — Faye Dunaway

I would like a partner but I can see myself without a marriage. I'd love to have someone to sit and talk with and walk on the beach with at 80. — Faye Dunaway

Years are not important, my dear. — Faye Dunaway

Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul. — Faye Dunaway

You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired. — Faye Dunaway

So Liam and movies are obviously big passions, and I read and write. — Faye Dunaway

You are not an extra in somebody else's film. You are the star in your own life. — Faye Dunaway

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean? — Faye Dunaway

I like being very busy. I think that's the definition of stardom, really. It's energy. It really is. — Faye Dunaway

When I think of Peter Wolf I always remember the Portuguese proverb: 'Never say you will not drink from that glass again.' — Faye Dunaway

You can't take responsibility for everything. You can't have that kind of control At some point, it's all out of our hands. — Faye Dunaway

When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going. — Faye Dunaway

God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of. — Faye Dunaway

I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged. — Faye Dunaway

You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style. — Faye Dunaway