Kathleen Quinlan Quotes

United States, Actress
November 19, 1954

Kathleen Denise Quinlan (born November 19, 1954) is an American film and television actress. She received a Best Actress Golden Globe nomination for the 1977 film I Never Promised You a Rose Garden and a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination for her role in the 1995 film Apollo 13. Her other film appearances include Airport '77 (1977), The Promise (1979), The Runner Stumbles (1979), Sunday Lovers (1980), Sunset (1988), Clara's Heart (1988), The Doors (1991), Breakdown (1997), and Breach (2007).

Also known as Film Actor, Television Actor

When not much is happening and there seems to be nothing you can do to change that, you do wonder. But I am an actor, like it or not. I stuck with it and took what was offered.

Kathleen Quinlan
- Wonder
It's just too egotistical to think that we are the only lifeform in the universe.

Kathleen Quinlan
- Universe

Some people are born gardeners, some are politicians. I was an actor. It took a great deal of pain before I figured that out. I didn't relate to most of it.

Kathleen Quinlan
- People
- Great
- Pain
The heavy spacesuits are spectacular to look at but very hot. Putting one on was like going from chilly London winter weather to the Bahamas in just minutes.

Kathleen Quinlan
- Winter
I didn't think I was an actor and fought it for a long time. Nobody paid for that but me.

Kathleen Quinlan
- Time
- Long
My dream job has already happened.

Kathleen Quinlan
- Job
- Dream
At this point in my career, Apollo 13 is a million light years away.

Kathleen Quinlan
- Career
- Light
I like to go to openings when I'm in it, or friends are in it.

Kathleen Quinlan
- Friends

I am really a sea creature. Just a mammal that lost its fins.

Kathleen Quinlan
- Lost
- Sea
I filmed underwater for two days in the open ocean with dolphins.

Kathleen Quinlan
- Ocean
There are not many roles where women are really active.

Kathleen Quinlan
- Women
I like to think of myself as kind of a sculptor, only I sculpt people.

Kathleen Quinlan
- People
My agent was ambitious for me. But going out and chasing it? No, I'd rather work in my vegetable garden or play with my kid. I guess I'm kind of boring.

Kathleen Quinlan
- Work
- Garden
In a world where there is so much sadness and so much to be afraid of, good things do happen to people. Romance is still something we can find even if we're not consciously looking for it.

Kathleen Quinlan
- People
- World
- Good

Some of the newer folks in the industry, I'm not sure they are familiar with the term acting. They don't understand what it means to play a character rather than just be a personality.

Kathleen Quinlan
- Character
- Personality