Top 109 Quotes by Claire Danes

Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.

We just can't shake monogamy. It definitely demands a kind of rigor and discipline and selflessness. But it's also fun.

My character was kidnapped by the Terminator and I was kidnapped by the Terminator production.

Every three seconds in the developing world, a child dies needlessly due to lack of basic health care and other things we all take for granted.

I have to say that my dad's face is very malleable. He's barely got any cartilage in his face. I think I maybe inherited that Play-Doh-like physicality from him.

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior.

I love sitting in the makeup trailer and getting my makeup done in 15 minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.

By the time I went to Yale, I'd been acting for a long time and I was really tired of it. I was restless - and a little bored - and I was really eager to investigate different parts of myself.

I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direct, warm, and inclusive.

I fantasized about being a psychology major when I first started school, and I took a handful of Psych 101 classes.