Top 70 Glenn Close Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.”

— Glenn Close

2. “It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness.”

— Glenn Close

3. “There’s something about a catharsis that is very important.”

— Glenn Close

4. “All great art comes from a sense of outrage.”

— Glenn Close

5. “Be aware of your inner voice and follow it, even though most of the time it will tell you the most uncomfortable path to choose.”

— Glenn Close

6. “I love the chemistry that can be created onstage between the actors and the audience. It’s molecular even, the energies that can go back and forth. I started in theater and when I first went into movies I felt that my energy was going to blow out the camera.”

— Glenn Close

7. “I think everybody wants to connect. There is nothing worse than feeling disconnected. And stories that really move people and make people care are the ones where they feel some sort of connection.”

— Glenn Close

8. “Good live theater disturbs molecules. You create an energy source around yourself and it alternates between you and the audience. Anybody who sees live theater should come out a little rearranged.”

— Glenn Close

9. “I’ve often been mistaken for Meryl Streep, although never on Oscar night.”

— Glenn Close

10. “A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness.”

— Glenn Close

11. “Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I’m proud of that.”

— Glenn Close

12. “I think having pets helps sensitize people to the natural world.”

— Glenn Close

13. “People think that the ocean is big enough to sustain anything we throw at it – its hard to get into your head that it’s actually finite.”

— Glenn Close

14. “I’ve been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.”

— Glenn Close

15. “I love histories. I love learning. I love books that talk about people who made a real impact on history, because it always has to do with who they were at that time and what their personalities were like and what their strengths and weaknesses were.”

— Glenn Close

16. “I grew up with a house full of dogs. My mother was a great nature lover and taught us to have almost a religious sense of respect for the natural world.”

— Glenn Close

17. “I think our family is like a lot of families. We had no vocabulary for mental illness.”

— Glenn Close

18. “What’s so fascinating about people is what they don’t show. People are masters at it; usually actors show too much.”

— Glenn Close

19. “I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.”

— Glenn Close

20. “I never wanted to be a man. I feel sorry for them.”

— Glenn Close

21. “I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement.”

— Glenn Close

22. “And the writers are good in that it’s easy to memorize, and good writing has an innate rhythm to it. And I’ve always felt that it’s easier to get in your head than writing that has very kind of mind busting moments.”

— Glenn Close

23. “Diva has a negative connotation.”

— Glenn Close

24. “I’ve found myself getting more and more cynical about what’s happening to the planet – it makes me furious.”

— Glenn Close

25. “I don’t like public venues. I never know what to wear.”

— Glenn Close

26. “I’ve always felt that an independent film is a film that almost doesn’t get made.”

— Glenn Close

27. “I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work.”

— Glenn Close

28. “I don’t think the tabloids find me very interesting.”

— Glenn Close

29. “All your life you think 60 is ancient, and all of a sudden you find you’re 60 and you don’t really feel that different. I feel stronger and more engaged. This is the best time of my life.”

— Glenn Close

30. “I have the belief that truly evil people, it’s a genetic evil. I only have the experience of exploring the landscape of some of the characters I’ve played that people have labeled as evil; I don’t think they’re evil.”

— Glenn Close

31. “I think Cruella is evil, because she’s the devil. But all the other characters, I was able to find a common humanity with them somewhere, knowing where they’re most fragile, where they’re most vulnerable, knowing some of the things that happened to them that might have formed this kind of behavior.”

— Glenn Close

32. “Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Someone always pays.”

— Glenn Close

33. “It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.”

— Glenn Close

34. “And those moments that I find mind busting. Meaning like there’s a word that I find in a weird place. I love the process of going to the writer and working that out, because that’s just basic communication.”

— Glenn Close

35. “When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.”

— Glenn Close

36. “I think every pet lover has an appreciation for nature – I’ve never met an animal lover who didn’t have some kind of connection to the natural world.”

— Glenn Close

37. “The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It’s my way of saying, Don’t mess with me.”

— Glenn Close

38. “I’m not a natural ocean person. I married into a family of swimmers, and I’ve slowly been drawn into the sea.”

— Glenn Close

39. “I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they’re trying to play, so all this temperament comes out.”

— Glenn Close

40. “I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated.”

— Glenn Close

41. “Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.”

— Glenn Close

42. “When you’re playing a man, you can look tired and horrible and you still look okay. As a woman, if you’re tired, it’s terrible. It was such a luxury not having to worry about that.”

— Glenn Close

43. “With the hugely talented women I’ve worked with or observed, it’s not a question about temperament or ego; it’s a question about getting it right. If they’ve got a reputation for being difficult it’s usually because they just don’t suffer fools.”

— Glenn Close

44. “I’ve distilled everything to one simple principle: win or die!”

— Glenn Close

45. “Celebrity is death – celebrity – that’s the worst thing that can happen to an actor.”

— Glenn Close

46. “What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation about illnesses that affect not only individuals, but their families as well.”

— Glenn Close

47. “We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.”

— Glenn Close

48. “I really hope it engenders a lot of conversation because I believe there are a lot of people who put on faces. We all do it, every time we walk out the door. And there are a lot of people who have to hide who they are. And I think this story speaks to that.”

— Glenn Close

49. “It’s not good to be in a situation where people don’t want to direct you or don’t want to question something.”

— Glenn Close

50. “Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That’s basically what we do.”

— Glenn Close