Gillian Anderson quotes

" People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent. " # Intelligence and Intellectuals # Insanity # Love

" By moving to London I removed myself from the madness of the entertainment industry. I love the city and the culture, and it was an opportunity to bring my children up in a more sane environment. " # Cities and City Life

" I would never point a finger at anyone and say, 'They lived their life badly.' I take it as it comes and deal with each situation as it arrives. " # Life and Living

" I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn't have any friends, I didn't fit in. But when I started acting everything in my life shifted and I felt happy. " # Acting and Actors

" When I finished the series, I wasn't going to do television again. I never wanted to do television to begin with, and I was so exhausted by the process that I was wary of being in front of the camera again. " # Television

" I try, in my life, to follow my heart. I know what it feels like to do things that are soul-decaying. A large aspect of life in Hollywood, in a stereotypic way, I find unbelievably soul-decaying. And I choose, albeit frustratingly to other people in my life, not to expose myself too much to too much of that. " # Literature

" In England, I get offered films. I don't get offers in America. People don't know what to do with me in America. And I've disappeared. " # America

" I always felt I wasn't completely American and I wasn't completely British: there was a feeling of having my feet in both places. " # America

" If I chose to have a nanny, I'd be able to pay to have a nanny - a lot of women don't have that opportunity. I don't feel like I'm a working single mom, because I have that option that a lot of people don't have. " # Opportunity

" Directing was a transformative experience for me, one that I really enjoyed. " # Experience