Top 27 Quotes by Kim Basinger

I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road.

I work in a strange business, and 'trust' is a word that's not even in the vocabulary.

It always takes the truth a little bit longer to cross the finish line.

I remember that Jack Lemmon, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, says that the day he stops being nervous is the day he should leave the business.

I've been to fights, and I've seen them on television, but no, I would not call myself a fan of the sport, that particular sport, no.

I just absolutely, totally hated school. It was like a prison to me. I just could not stand that structured, absolute disciplined way of having to deal with life.

I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social.

My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me.

In this business, you can be at the top of the world and at the bottom of the barrel, and you're grape juice. I've been at both ends. It can make you become what you really are.

I just thank God that I didn't grow up with so much money or privilege because you had to create ways to make it happen.