Quotes by Julianne Moore

I think that one of the things that you do learn is that falling in love and being in love with someone is a rarity. That you don't fall in love as many times as you think you're going to. And then when you do, it's really special; it's really important.

— Julianne Moore

Love

With actors, all our ages are out there for all to see - you can't hide anything, really. And it's kind of a relief. This is my age, this is what I look like without makeup on - who cares? That youth culture - that lying about your age - it's all denial of death anyway.

— Julianne Moore

Life

I'm looking for the truth. The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves.

— Julianne Moore

Truth

As an actor, all you have is what you know and what you see in other people. The more you know, and the more you've experienced, the more you're able to communicate to other people.

— Julianne Moore

Wisdom

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

— Julianne Moore

Courage

There was a period of time in America where the advertising world actually went to the housewives of America and had them write jingles that would appeal to them. It was actually brilliant marketing.

— Julianne Moore

Life

When the computer and tablets are all about playing games, that's not interesting to me.

— Julianne Moore

Wisdom

My life may be a pretty crazy life at times, but it's a very privileged one - being able to earn a good living doing what you love. Not many people have such an opportunity.

— Julianne Moore

Love

We shouldn't require our politicians to be movie stars. Then again, we're all influenced by charisma. It's hard not to be. We all collectively fall for it.

— Julianne Moore

Wisdom

At the Golden Globes, they put all the bigger stars in the front; the movie stars in the front, TV actors in the back. But even as a movie star, you can be outseated by a bigger star in any given year. It's kind of hilarious. You have to take it in stride.

— Julianne Moore

Wisdom

I love clothes - I love shopping for clothes, I love wearing clothes, I love talking about clothes - but oddly, putting on the dress and walking around in front of people, that's the place where I'm most uncomfortable.

— Julianne Moore

Love

In grade school, I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the kid who wears glasses, the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three.

— Julianne Moore

Wisdom

If you're 50, you're never going to be 50 ever again, so enjoy being 50. If you sit through the year wishing you were younger, before you know it, it's going to be over, and you're going to be 51.

— Julianne Moore

Happiness

You know, comedy's hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with comedy, you have emotional truth and you have technique on top of it.

— Julianne Moore

Truth

I can't wait to get home and wash all those socks.

— Julianne Moore

Wisdom

Art is an expression of who we are, what we believe, and what we dream about.

— Julianne Moore

Hope

Comedy is ridiculously hard. And if the rhythm is not right, if the music or the line is not right, it's not funny.

— Julianne Moore

Wisdom

Frankly, acting doesn't scare me because I really enjoy it.

— Julianne Moore

Happiness

I do love my work. As an actor, you live from job to job, though, and you have to be prepared for that.

— Julianne Moore

Love

I've always been somebody who's acutely aware of my mortality.

— Julianne Moore

Wisdom

Too much makeup on an older woman can really make you look like a freak.

— Julianne Moore

Wisdom

This is someone who has a very stringent morality, and believes the system works, and has been deeply, deeply disappointed, and hurt, by it. You know, so she's in a very different place in life.

— Julianne Moore

Success

Every different social group that I encountered had its different set of rules, so you learn very quickly how to pick up the nuances and change yourself accordingly. When you are not from anywhere, you have to try to find what's universal. You are always trying to fit in.

— Julianne Moore

Education

I'm not really afraid of things that are imaginary. I enjoy it. I enjoy big narrative, and I enjoy big feelings. Having a feeling is never going to kill you.

— Julianne Moore

Happiness