Top 35 Sherilyn Fenn Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I don’t flirt and I don’t play the people that I’m meeting with.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

2. “Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early 90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

3. “There is something at work that’s bigger than us. It’s about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don’t worry or agonize about the outcome.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

4. “I see people giving me looks because I’m so opinionated. That hurts my feelings, but at the end of the day I have to live with me and respect myself. And I’ve done enough things in my life where I was confused and didn’t respect myself that I will not do it any more.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

5. “I’ve always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

6. “Now I know why guys like to hug girls. You guys just want to cop a feel. I can’t believe that I’ve fallen for it all these years!”

— Sherilyn Fenn

7. “It’s not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

8. “Instead of making Friday The 13th, Part VIII or whatever, I was making the girl-meets-boy, girl-meets-girl-dressed-as-boy movie. It was fun. I liked it. It’s goofy. I look back at myself and think, “What the hell was I doing?””

— Sherilyn Fenn

9. “They’ve offered me every variation on Audrey Horne, none of which were as good or as much fun.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

10. “The world has certain rules – Hollywood has certain rules – but it doesn’t mean you have to play by them, and I don’t, or I’d be a miserable person.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

11. “I don’t want my body to look like a man’s. I just want to tone my body.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

12. “I’m contemplating moving to London for a period of time. I’ve been in Los Angeles for 15 years and I’m really tired of it. I’m continually uninspired by what’s being sent to me. Even by huge films that they’re doing there. They’re just awful.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

13. “I was told once that I didn’t play the Hollywood game, and that’s why I wasn’t a big star. What they meant when was that I don’t go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don’t like the script, they know it.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

14. “If you’re a young woman in Hollywood, then they want you to look a certain way and paint you in this and that. To this day, it’s hard to find people like us, who want to kind of find deep truths, not just skirt above the top of it.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

15. “I loved working on Of Mice and Men. It was a wonderful group of people. John Malkovich is to me one of the best actors around right now-and a lot of fun to work with.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

16. “I can sing, but my voice is untrained. Id like to do a musical someday.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

17. “I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don’t know what is going to happen. I’m in this and I don’t understand it. This is never going to sell. Who’s going to watch this thing?”

— Sherilyn Fenn

18. “We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

19. “They’re pushing me to do Howard. Howard’s a trip. My friend made me watch the Lesbian Love Connection and I was like, Oh God, get me out of here!”

— Sherilyn Fenn

20. “I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn’t take advantage of what was happening.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

21. “I remember my agent at the time called me and was like, “I’ve got it! I’ve found it! I’ve found your role!” I worked my ass off to get that role, because I think me and three or four other girls tested for it. But it was a great time.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

22. “I think there’s an anxiety in life where we automatically tend to look to the next thing or we’re complaining about the past. Worrying is not going to make it happen or not happen.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

23. “I like taking risks and I decided to put every bit of me into the role.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

24. “I don’t go to parties and all that. I don’t think being seen or being in the right place is going to make me a better actress. I care about my work and try to do what’s right in my heart.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

25. “I love to dance. But I don’t like being up in front of tons of people. I didn’t have the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. So it wasn’t something I ever seriously considered.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

26. “I don’t know why people see the things that they do. I wouldn’t pay to see them, they don’t touch me or move me in any way.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

27. “My mother’s been married many, many times and grew up believing in love like that. It’s remarkable.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

28. “I’m honest. I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can’t not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

29. “Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I’ve never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn’t surprise me in some way, I simply can’t commit to the project.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

30. “I said, “Oh well, I’ll act.” I started to study, but I didn’t know what I was doing, and I don’t know that I was taking it very seriously then.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

31. “At the very least, my tastes are out of the ordinary.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

32. “It’s completely different to work with a woman that is my age, maybe younger.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

33. “The studios have their list of five actresses and whether they’re right or wrong for a role doesn’t matter. It’s how much money their last movie made.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

34. “I don’t think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don’t want to be a part of a show where it’s mostly about coming up with the jokes.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

35. “Playing Elizabeth Taylor was probably the hardest job I’ve ever done.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

36. “I’m not big with an audience; I get very nervous.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

37. “Women do feel like they’re in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men-they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.”

— Sherilyn Fenn

38. “In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique.”

— Sherilyn Fenn