Illeana Douglas Quotes
"I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Work, End, Years)
"When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling, because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Home, Silly)
"When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Experience, Character)
"We were big Saturday Night Live and Eddie Murphy fans."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Fans, Night)
"I like the idea of capturing people who aren't there to save the world."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: People, Idea, World)
"I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Character, Want, Writing)
"It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Work, First)
"I always wanted to get into the horror genre. I like scary movies. I want to go to the fan shows and sign posters with my head hanging by a thread like a B-movie actress."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Movies, Horror, Want)
"The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Trust)
"I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Action, Dying, Will)
"I come from a pretty strange family."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Family, Pretty)
"I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Movies, Obsession)
"I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Idea, World)
"I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Man)
"I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Love, Magic)
"God only knows what else is on the web about me."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: God)
"I like doing movies that relate to people's experience."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Experience, Movies, People)
"I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Dress)
"I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Brooks, Comedy, Footsteps, May)
"I'm a huge poster collector."
- Illeana Douglas
"In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Goal, Acting, School, Writer)
"It's nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: People)
"I love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Funny, Love, Goal, Brooks, Comedy, Day, Fantasy, Night, Thinking)