Brittany Murphy Quotes

United States, Actress
November 10, 1977 – December, 20, 2009.

Brittany Murphy-Monjack, was an American actress and singer. Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in Clueless (1995). She made her stage debut in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge in 1997. In the 2000s Murphy appeared in Don't Say a Word (2001) alongside Michael Douglas, and alongside Eminem in 8 Mile (2002), for which she gained critical recognition. Her later roles included Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Spun (2002), Uptown Girls (2003), Sin City (2005), and Happy Feet (2006). Murphy also voiced Luanne Platter on the animated television series King of the Hill (1997–2009). Her final film, Something Wicked, was released in April 2014.

I'd love to be a man for a day, just to see what it's like.

Brittany Murphy
I'm a Christian. I go to church when I can. I was raised Baptist. I went to a Lutheran school. I'm a nondenominational practicing Christian. I have a lot of faith.

Brittany Murphy
- School
- Faith
- Church

I do sarcasm really poorly.

Brittany Murphy
I just always have to cry out a breakup, and then I can make peace with it pretty quickly.

Brittany Murphy
- Pretty
- Peace
- Breakup
My trouble is I talk first and think later.

Brittany Murphy
I've never formally trained in acting, so I'm very instinctual and visceral with decisions.

Brittany Murphy
I can't believe that people actually know my first and last name. I think it's really, really, gosh-darn neat.

Brittany Murphy
- People
- Believe
Home is where my mom is.

Brittany Murphy
- Home
- Mom

To give Tinker Bell a voice for the first time in history is such an honor.

Brittany Murphy
- Time
- History
- Honor
I'm a clean freak and a germaphobe - I have hand sanitizer in my pocket.

Brittany Murphy
- Hand
I did learn one great lesson from a past relationship, and that was to never talk about relationships in print again because I'd rather live my private life than read about it.

Brittany Murphy
- Life
- Great
- Live
I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year. You can do that any time you please - not that it's not a good inspirational tactic for the people that it works for.

Brittany Murphy
- People
- Time
- Good
Tired is not a word in my vocabulary.

Brittany Murphy
- Tired
I always wanted to be a young mom, but generations of women have worked so hard so we can have a career and wait to have children. So I say carpe diem - take advantage of that.

Brittany Murphy
- Women
- Children
- Career

I'm trying to figure out the trick of working to live as opposed to living to work, but I don't know if I've quite stumbled upon it just yet.

Brittany Murphy
- Work
- Live
- Trying
The older I get, the more I embrace my own idiosyncrasies.

Brittany Murphy
Life presents you with so many decisions. A lot of times, they're right in front of your face and they're really difficult, but we must make them.

Brittany Murphy
- Life
I'm not really a big candy eater.

Brittany Murphy
- Candy
I'm a really rotten liar. Generally, if I've tried to pull off a lie, it hasn't worked out to my advantage.

Brittany Murphy
- Liar
I take work very seriously and telling the truth in my job and professionalism.

Brittany Murphy
- Work
- Job
- Truth

My dream as a producer is to be able to build a company that can be a safe haven for artists, for directors and for writers and actors to do what they do best and let them have final edit. I'd like to build something to that effect.

Brittany Murphy
- Dream
I love being in love.

Brittany Murphy
Anyone that has a music career and an acting career I think is pretty fantastic.

Brittany Murphy
- Music
- Pretty
- Career
I don't even take myself seriously, so how could I possibly take Hollywood seriously?

Brittany Murphy