Top 109 Quotes by Claire Danes

Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found.

I discovered Orson Welles in college; my freshman English professor screened 'Citizen Kane' for us, and I wound up writing a 20-page term paper on it.

Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive.

So much of my job is about finding another job, and that's really boring.

I think because I am as earnest as I am, people were accepting of my evolving into a certified, legitimate, and grown up and I did take three years off.

Fame doesn't end loneliness.

Acting is a humiliating job, from start to finish.

I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.

If you do something that you're not genuinely passionate about, it is a little soul-crushing. Just not worth it.

I've always had a really active imagination. Lots of kids have imaginary friends. Mine just took on a rather demonic form.