Selma Blair Quotes
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I have no ego, I'll make fun of myself, and I'll make fun of being humiliated. I get it.
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I played teen roles until high definition came out.
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It's fun to go to the movies and be scared.
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I was a smoker for about 20 years.
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I will do almost anything for the sake of a joke or for the sake of someone's real belief in something to help tell a story.
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I don't have the pressure of being a world-famous bombshell that has detonated.
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I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent child, so I'm trying to back off, but it's hard. I love him so much, and he's so funny and cute to me.
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I'm older and have a kid, I like success on my own, but I always enjoyed all my parts playing the fifth wheel. I mean, just loved it. There was such freedom in it and I still got to enjoy watching everyone work.
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I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business.
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I put my foot in my mouth every time I'm interviewed.
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We just laid down on the bed together with Reese Witherspoon at the Four Seasons, and she's like, "What are people going to think of Legally Blonde? They're just going to think I'm some ditz." I'm like, "No. They're going to love you." And they do, for good reason. She was amazing!
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I remember my first meeting with Guillermo Del Toro - he couldn't have been warmer, but I always had a kind of immaturity about me dealing with people that were in charge. Not really knowing how to conduct myself. And I got on the floor and curled up into a ball under a desk, which is so weird - as I was doing it, I was like, "Oh, my god, you're a freak. Get up. What are you doing?" And I looked at him like, "I'm so sorry," and he's like, "No, it's natural. Why wouldn't you want to do that?" He's just the most giving person and made me feel not like a freak.
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I remember the audition process for Xena: Warrior Princess; I was driving there and I was listening to The Cranberries' "Dreams," so I was thinking of that audition again recently with the sudden passing of Dolores O'Riordan, Cranberries singer. And I remember that song, I was like, "Okay, I can do anything" as I was driving onto the lot at Universal.
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I have very little faith that I'll ever find someone. I've had some bad luck and I've made some bad choices - not in men, but in how I've chosen to deal with relationships.
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I think I'm more approachable with long hair. When it's short, I come across as being artsy and weird.
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It's fun to play mom. Last I knew I was playing a 17-year-old who graduated.
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I'm a really athletic person - I'm not that coordinated, but I'm really athletic, so I would play a superhero doing my own stunts in a heartbeat. But hopefully not taking swings at people. That's not a good idea for me.
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It was like I had a baby and I suddenly started to feel I could play anything.
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I can't afford security. I can't afford a gated house. So, I feel a little vulnerable. I wish some laws would come into play.
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My sister, I have a sister who's 12 years older, she was always the party girl, the outrageous one.
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The only time he cries is if he’s hungry. We all have nipples. I don’t care who I offend; my baby wants to eat. If I can’t get a cover over me quick enough, so be it.
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I do turn down things that I feel aren't right for me, like when it's some kind of adolescent thing that might typecast me, but I'm not worried about it.
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I'm a working actress able to make choices based on characters rather than what I 'should' do for my career.
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Dark Horse was my second time working with Todd Solondz. I love him truly, very much. And I don't think he'd ever worked with an actor a second time. It was groundbreaking.