Annette Bening

“I think that when you get right down to it, people do evolve on different schedules.”

“Life is a series of saying 'yes' and 'no'. And I'm learning to say 'no' more.”

“The stage is a great place to get your chops. It's a great place to learn.”

“You have to be willing to be a fool to be a learning person.”

“The people I admire most are those who have a sense of themselves and what they're doing.”

“I think you have to be open to the fact that you might be wrong.”

“Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.”

“I am not a political person. I am a person who is a feminist.”

“For me, the most important thing is the story and the characters.”

“I love the theater as much as I love film, and the change of pace is a good thing.”

“I'm a mother, and I look for roles that are intelligent and complex and that find themselves in scenarios that are unique and challenging.”

“I think motherhood is the most challenging and the most rewarding job.”

“I'm a believer in 'Ignorance is bliss.' It's not that I don't want to know things, but I'd rather not be inundated with opinions.”

“The more you do, the more you can do.”

“What's important is to be able to see yourself, I think, as a flawed person.”