Uma Thurman Quotes
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I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else.
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Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal.
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I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself in my own head. I had no image beyond a stick figure. I wasn't a mean person as a kid, or dumb, and something has to be said to justify excluding you.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.
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We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
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It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.
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Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.
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Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.
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I'd like to classify my life as a romantic comedy. Unfortunately I feel it's probably more like a TV reality show.
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For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.
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I don't feel famous.
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I would love to do something like Austin Powers to show off my comic timing.
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My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication.
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It's hard sometimes if you think a character should look a certain way and you're being pushed to do it differently. I've had fights over that. That's why it's so important that you work with good people.
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I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.
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I guess somehow I got a reputation of being able to dance.
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I'm lucky to have been raised in the most beautiful place - Amherst, Massachusetts, state of my heart. I'm more patriotic to Massachusetts than to almost any place.
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I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I love to work in my garden. I'm not a gaping hole of need.
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Motherhood definitely took the focus off of my work. And I didn't mind. I had a few panics when I thought that if I wanted to work I couldn't get a job anymore and then I would get one once in a while and it would make me feel better.