Best Michelle Pfeiffer Quotes & Sayings

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. — Michelle Pfeiffer

I still think people will find out that I'm really not very talented. I'm really not very good. It's all been a big sham. — Michelle Pfeiffer

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. — Michelle Pfeiffer

You have a choice. It may not be a choice you like, but it is still a choice. — Michelle Pfeiffer

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. — Michelle Pfeiffer

One thing I've noticed is that I can tell when a young actor or a young actress is going to become a huge star. Everybody else will say, "Oh come on, Michelle Pfeiffer, are you kidding?" and I'm pretty much always right about that. — David Carradine

I'm a Taurus. To the bone. — Michelle Pfeiffer

I relax by taking my bicycle apart and putting it back together again. — Michelle Pfeiffer

My kids would probably say that I'm too strict. They probably would say that, and I try not to be, but I'm probably more on the conservative end of that. At the same time, I know full well that ultimately I don't really have control over them. — Michelle Pfeiffer

I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange. I'm a bit quirkier than that. — Joan Allen

One thing that's great about having kids, especially given my career, is that it forces you out of your narcissism. I mean, I'm in a career where my product is me. So it was nice to have something, someone, come along and take the focus off me. I really needed to give myself some distractions from myself. — Michelle Pfeiffer

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. — Michelle Pfeiffer

I even had breasts that had mechanisms that could make them droop. It was a shock in the beginning. Talk about special effects! — Michelle Pfeiffer

When I go to work and when I'm in the public eye, I take much better care of myself. Because when I'm not working, I do indulge more. — Michelle Pfeiffer

My favorite food in the world is Mexican food. I'm not a dessert person. I'm more of a crunchy, salty girl. I could live on chips and salsa. I would take a Mexican meal over some fancy French cuisine anytime. — Michelle Pfeiffer

Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy. — Michelle Pfeiffer

I think that when Michelle Pfeiffer goes out, she's exactly what I aspire to be - she always looks beautiful and sexy, but she never looks like she's trying to be the center of attention. — Rena Sofer

It takes years for me to trust; I know that about myself. A lot of it is because I am so private, and so reluctant to make myself vulnerable. — Michelle Pfeiffer

Being a parent is the hardest thing in the world ... the psychological toll it takes on you because these lives are in your hands. I take it very seriously. — Michelle Pfeiffer

I was considered the black sheep of the family, neighbours didn't want their kids playing with me. — Michelle Pfeiffer

I do think that, at one time, being an actress was the equivalent almost of being a prostitute. It garnered roughly the same respect. That's changed a lot, thank goodness. — Michelle Pfeiffer

Gena Rowlands is my all-time love. Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer. I grew up watching their work; they are extraordinary. — Dakota Johnson

Just when you think you've got your kids figured out, they change on you. For somebody who's controlling, you can't control it. Of course, I don't think I'm controlling, but that's what I've been told! — Michelle Pfeiffer

I don't believe men want women to have grotesque plastic surgery or be undernourished and bony. All the plastic surgery in the world can't stop you getting older. — Michelle Pfeiffer

Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging. — Michelle Pfeiffer

Honestly, depending on what stage I'm at in my life, my opinion on plastic surgery changes. I've never been against plastic surgery - I'm against bad plastic surgery. I'm against the overuse of plastic surgery. — Michelle Pfeiffer

I have a lot of looks but right now I'm really into grunge. Messy hair, black heels. I get Michelle Pfeiffer with it. — Chloe Grace Moretz

I worked so hard for so long - I did a lot of movies. I also worked a lot when my kids were smaller, before they were in school. — Michelle Pfeiffer

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. — Michelle Pfeiffer

The value of a good education has never left me. — Michelle Pfeiffer

My friends are trying to get me to go out on blind dates. Big 'NO' to that because all my friends are a bunch of lying geeks. They're always like, 'Brian, you're really gonna dig this girl. She's got Traci Lords' eyes, Michelle Pfeiffer's nose, Kim Basinger's lips.' Yeah, they always forget to tell me she's also got Charlie Brown's head. — Brian Posehn

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