Jennifer Coolidge Quotes
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I do have to say, there is this incredible benefit to being older. I never thought I'd say that. I've figured out that show business isn't the end-all. I thought I'd never be tired of Hollywood, of the experience, and I have to say there's some relief. As you get older, your taste changes.
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I always like to get a role where I think, 'Ah, I know this is probably going to be played like this, but I'm going to do it like this.'
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I've made a career of taking roles that other actresses didn't want.
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I love that topic, the whole relationship thing, and I think that's why I love all this stuff, the Jane Austen stuff.
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I don't think my career would be as good if I were a serious actress. Comedy is less age-conscious.
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The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.
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Gina Gershon was a year ahead of me in college.
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I am allergic to a certain kind of glue. Most eyelash glues are terrible, the glue in acrylic nails. I get a rash up my arm and face.
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I read a script and I know immediately whether that role is for me or not.
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I know what I am capable of. I read a character, and if I can say to myself, 'I know this woman,' then I take the role.
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Werner Herzog, when I auditioned for 'Bad Lieutenant,' he had never seen any of my films. He thought I was this actress living in New Orleans and it was my first job.
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Some people are really nice about it. I get Saudi princes and famous people stopping me in L.A. and saying, 'You're Stifler's mom. Can I take a picture with you?' But then you get people like her putting their camera in your face without asking. They think they can do whatever they like.
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I went out with seven actors in a row. There are problems with that. I've had the really good-looking dramatic actor, and that has its problems. And then I'll go out with the funny guy. It's almost like the funny guy has more to prove.
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There are some people who make you feel less lonely.
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If things don't work out with one person, there's many other people to replace you with online.
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I would say 90 percent of the scripts that show up on my door are women who have had lots of plastic surgery that are married to rich men - sort of a trophy wife.
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I don't actually go on the Internet that much.
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Las Vegas honors women - Celine Dion, Bette Midler, Britney Spears. I love that Las Vegas celebrates women.
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I figured New York was the closest I'd get here in America to Scotland.
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Short of spending $10,000, there is nothing you can do to your head to hide the fact that you're going bald.
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The British boys really, really go nuts... to them, an older woman is sexy, and it's an incredible fantasy... I think the American fantasy is still about men wanting control. Maybe American men don't feel as in control of their lives.
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I've been many people. I've been the skinny girl. I've been the fat girl. Because I've become a character actress, I sort of fell victim to 'Well, I don't have to look good anymore.'
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No one purposefully paints a bad painting. It's someone who's trying to do a good painting, but it's terrible. I have one with a matador, and the bull is going through the blanket. You can tell the painter didn't know how to paint it.
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I'm so vain, all I could think was I should have stopped at 'American Pie.'