Moira Kelly Quotes

United States, Actress
March 6, 1968

Moira Kelly is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Kate Moseley in the 1992 film The Cutting Edge, as well as single mother Karen Roe on the teen drama One Tree Hill. She is also known for playing the role of Donna Hayward in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, replacing Lara Flynn Boyle in the prequel to the 1990 TV series Twin Peaks. Other roles include Dorothy Day in Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story, White House media consultant Mandy Hampton in the first season of The West Wing, and the voice of Simba's love interest Nala in The Lion King and its sequel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. She also played Hetty Kelly and Oona O'Neill in Chaplin.

I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college.

Moira Kelly
But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style.

Moira Kelly
- Style
- Blues
- Mostly

I did everything I could to stay in college and pay my own way, so I think that if success hadn't come so quickly, I would still be pursuing it.

Moira Kelly
I like to go rock scrambling.

Moira Kelly
- Scrambling
I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen.

Moira Kelly
I truly believe that God brought this, Dorothy Day script to me, because for a long time up until I was in eight grade - I wanted to be a nun.

Moira Kelly
- Wanted
- Because
- Dorothy
Growing up Catholic has been a gift.

Moira Kelly
- Growing
- Catholic
Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

Moira Kelly
- Music
- Sounds
- Except

I can cry at the drop of the pin. But comedy is hard for me; it's the timing.

Moira Kelly
- Comedy
- Timing
- Drop
My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre.

Moira Kelly
Children are so creative and imaginative that they just bring you to life all over again.

Moira Kelly
They used to say I was a younger Winona Ryder and that always made me laugh because I'm three years older than she is.

Moira Kelly
- Always
- Because
- Used
I find nothing wrong with the naked body.

Moira Kelly
- Body
- Nothing
- Wrong
An audience is going to be able to find a little bit of Dorothy in themselves and relate to this woman.: roles like Dorothy Day are so rare in Hollywood.

Moira Kelly

I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids!

Moira Kelly
- Parents
- Thought
- Asking
I used to babysit a lot, and I used to be a nanny.

Moira Kelly
- Used
- Nanny
I get a lot of recognition for my voice. That always surprises me.

Moira Kelly
- Recognition
- Surprises
There are a lot of battles to face, and if I didn't have that religious core - that base to turn to - I would be truly lost.

Moira Kelly
- Religious
- Would
- Battles
I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that.

Moira Kelly
- Think
- Politics
- Blood
I don't even own a television. I'm proud of that.

Moira Kelly
- Proud
- Television

I just wanted to be married and to be happy ever after.

Moira Kelly
- Wanted
- Married
- After
A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.

Moira Kelly
Hollywood is a world all its own.

Moira Kelly
- World
- Hollywood