Jessica Walter Quotes

United Kingdom, Actress
January 31, 1941 – March, 24, 2021.

Jessica Walter was an American actress. She is known for appearing in the films Play Misty for Me (1971), Grand Prix and The Group (both 1966), her role as Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development, and providing the voice of Malory Archer on the FX animated series Archer. Walter studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.

Nobody can hide their birthdays anymore, so there's no point in lying.

Jessica Walter
When I read a script, I have to see the funny, and if I can see it's funny, it helps me to be able to transmit that.

Jessica Walter
- Funny

Some movie I was in, I forget which one, some awful little movie, a reviewer said, What is Jessica Walter doing in this movie? And I said, Hello? Trying to make a living?

Jessica Walter
- Trying
- Movie
My daughter, I'm proud to say, is senior vice president of ABC Family network. She could hire and fire me. She has hired me, but she has not fired me.

Jessica Walter
- Family
- She
- Proud
I don't think comedy is something you learn. I think it's something that's either there or it's not.

Jessica Walter
- Comedy
I think that she's a great dame. I'm crazy for Lucille.

Jessica Walter
- Great
- She
- Crazy
It's not that difficult to find the rage or the anger. We all have that in us, and luckily, actors and actresses get to portray it, and it's not frowned upon. Everybody has that in them. Everybody has wanted to kill somebody at one time or another. Everybody has been really, really angry about something, so if you just call on that in yourself, you find it's not that difficult.

Jessica Walter
- Actors
- Difficult
- Angry
I must confess I took a couple or three jobs just for the money.

Jessica Walter
- Money
- Couple

Desperate? That can be a justification for all kinds of behavior.

Jessica Walter
I never had a doubt about wanting to be an actress, but certainly when there were periods of unemployment, I would think, "Oh, I'm never going to work again." The only thing I don't like about it is the business part of it - the negotiating and all this stuff that you don't learn in school. I'm not good with business.

Jessica Walter
- Thinking
- School
- Doubt