Quotes by

Jessica Lange

When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you. – Jessica Lange

I could be making a lot more money now if I had chosen a different kind of movie, but none of that matters to me… Ive done the parts I wanted to do. – Jessica Lange

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this mans leadership. – Jessica Lange

Ive been thinking a lot about next year, which will be the first time in 25 years that I dont have a child at home. – Jessica Lange

The only place Ive felt was really my home is my cabin up north. Theres something in the water there that connects me to that place. Theres also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that Ive never been able to shake. – Jessica Lange

I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsys actual singing voice. That was my way into that character. – Jessica Lange

All through life Ive harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment. – Jessica Lange

TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary with independent films, you just cant. – Jessica Lange

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children. – Jessica Lange

When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want to work. – Jessica Lange

I never think of the future. I never imagine what comes next. – Jessica Lange

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons. – Jessica Lange

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home. – Jessica Lange

I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden. – Jessica Lange

Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes. – Jessica Lange

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life. – Jessica Lange