Claire Danes quotes

" I'm totally going through a rebel period right now. It's sort of waning, but ... ach, I'm allowed, right? It's OK, right? " # Rebellion # Love # Death and Dying

" I don’t know if people are meant to be together. You have to have a lot in common, choose well and be really fortunate. It’s not like you’re sprinkled with fairy dust. You have to believe that love will be there when you need it. " # Airplane and Aviation # Love # Happiness

" It just seems like the most successful, iconic love stories are not so easy or escapist. I think the ones that stay with us and resonate are full of conflict, discord and misunderstandings 'cause that's what makes drama happen or tension even if it's a comedy. I think people who make movies and have invested a lot of money in them, get frightened that if they challenge an audience they are going to repel them. And I think the opposite, it's really true. It takes confidence and courage to know that and then commit to it. " # Life and Living # Love # Courage

" Anybody who knows how to make a good movie, knows that it's a collaborative undertaking. To deny that its really dangerous. " # Cinema # Editing and Editors # Media

" This business can be very erratic and intense ... You can be the subject of great attention, both positive and negative. You really do have to tether yourself when you're a teen star. If you don't have that tether, then you're really lost. " # Age and Aging # Love # Attitude

" It's not called stalking...it's called "passionately following". " # Passion

" Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl. " # Quotations

" Fame doesn't end loneliness. " # Quotations

" What I needed was a connection to life that was real and lasting. " # Quotations

" I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously. " # Quotations