Quotes by Blythe Danner

I feel that its our children who do give us hope because they are the ones who are going to save the world.

— Blythe Danner

Hope

I've kept my sanity in this business by trying out for a role and then going home and trying to forget about it.

— Blythe Danner

Wisdom

I loved the first Christmas I had in England.

— Blythe Danner

Wisdom

Mostly, I spend my time being a mother to my two children, working in my organic garden, raising masses of sweet peas, being passionately involved in conservation, recycling and solar energy.

— Blythe Danner

Success

Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.

— Blythe Danner

Success

For a woman who's a widow and pretty much a loner, I can walk out, and I'm surrounded by NYU kids. The energy jumps off the sidewalks, and I never feel sad or bored.

— Blythe Danner

Wisdom

I got to Broadway a year after I came to New York. I starred in 'Butterflies Are Free' and got a Tony for it. Right out of the gate. Maybe that's why I wasn't very gracious about it. I wasn't driven. And right after 'Butterflies Are Free', I got married and then started a family. I always wanted that.

— Blythe Danner

Wisdom

I live in New York, and when you're older and widowed, it's a perfect place because you just don't feel lonely there, and, luckily, I like my own company, too.

— Blythe Danner

Wisdom

I think I have a lot of crazy layers.

— Blythe Danner

Wisdom

Just look at my face. Its an extraordinary experience. All of my friends who are grandparents have been saying, just wait, a bit cynically, but its just extraordinary. You feel like a child again yourself. Just walking on air.

— Blythe Danner

Friendship

Acting is really only part of my life. I'm addicted to it.

— Blythe Danner

Life

Actors are very generous.

— Blythe Danner

Wisdom

I feel a little guilty only being an actor.

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Wisdom

I loved doing Shakespeare. My two favorite roles, in fact, have been Viola in Twelfth Night and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

— Blythe Danner

Hope

I think one of my very favorite films of all time was with Peter Sellers when he played Chauncey, the gardener. Being There.

— Blythe Danner

Wisdom

I try to avoid a specific image. I seek to play as many different women as I can to avoid having a label put on me.

— Blythe Danner

Wisdom

It was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays.

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Wisdom

Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way.

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Wisdom

Being a grandmother is probably the most important thing to me. I have two really rambunctious little ones, and I love spending time with them.

— Blythe Danner

Love

I am always happiest in an ensemble.

— Blythe Danner

Wisdom

I don't give my advice unless it's asked for.

— Blythe Danner

Wisdom

I really do like being independent, and I don't want to have to rely on anyone else to cart me around if I break a bone.

— Blythe Danner

Wisdom

I really pulled back on my career when the kids were young and my husband and I made a pact never to work while the other one was.

— Blythe Danner

Success

I've always had a middling kind of a career, not great highs and great lows.

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Success