17 Quotes By Jessica Lange


At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.
Jessica Lange on age

TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary with independent films, you just can't.
Jessica Lange on age

All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.
Jessica Lange on anger

Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes.
Jessica Lange on death

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.
Jessica Lange on death

I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.
Jessica Lange on dreams

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.
Jessica Lange on family

I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.
Jessica Lange on family

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.
Jessica Lange on forgiveness

I never think of the future. I never imagine what comes next.
Jessica Lange on future

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.
Jessica Lange on home

I've been thinking a lot about next year, which will be the first time in 25 years that I don't have a child at home.
Jessica Lange on home

The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to that place. There's also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that I've never been able to shake.
Jessica Lange on home

When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want to work.
Jessica Lange on home

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.
Jessica Lange on leadership

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.
Jessica Lange on mom

I could be making a lot more money now if I had chosen a different kind of movie, but none of that matters to me... I've done the parts I wanted to do.
Jessica Lange on money