Faye Dunaway quotes:

You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style.

Since Star Wars, that film's success led to bigger budgets, more hardware, that the great movies like the ones I did, which were studio movies, are now independent movies. They range from half a million to several million, and a lot of those have very interesting roles.

My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.

I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.

When I think of Peter Wolf I always remember the Portuguese proverb: 'Never say you will not drink from that glass again.'

I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.

So Liam and movies are obviously big passions, and I read and write.

Years are not important, my dear.

You are not an extra in somebody else's film. You are the star in your own life.

Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.

It's true, I did a lot of great movies, and I'm happy. It was what it was, and now I think all of that has fed into where I am now, and I think it has taught me a lot.

Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they're surprised.

I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.

I'm kind of a recluse.

Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that your efforts have made a difference.

I like being very busy. I think that's the definition of stardom, really. It's energy. It really is.

You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.

Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul.

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

I would like a partner but I can see myself without a marriage. I'd love to have someone to sit and talk with and walk on the beach with at 80.

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

I am desperate and vulnerable. ... I am always terrified.... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.

You can't take responsibility for everything. You can't have that kind of control At some point, it's all out of our hands.

I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do.

It's interesting as one grows older to keep in touch with the cutting edge.