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Kelly Lynch
American
Actress
About the author
The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Fact
The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Right
#Film
#Consideration
The worst thing would be for them to find out who I really am, because that's where I hide.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
Well, for someone who looks like me you wonder where Alfred Hitchcock is.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Wonder
Yeah, I do feel badly sometimes, not for whose coming up and getting roles I'm not right for anymore but the people I compete with, who range from Uma Thurman on up.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Right
#People
You learn your text and have it in the back of your head, without a thought as to how you're going to say it.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Thought
You look at Gone With the Wind, how right Vivian Leigh was for that. Don't know if that would happen today.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Right
#Today
#Wind
In their 30s women really start to live... they're not children anymore, and they're not just mothers.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Children
#Women
#Mothers
In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Want
#Environment
#Actors
If it's independent, it's because I love it... 'cause they usually end up costing me money to do.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Love
#End
#Money
I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Time
#Mother
I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Right
#Now
#World
#Feeling
#Feet
It's important for me to see as many colors in the character as possible.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Character
#Colors
Well, I'm a consumer as well. I go to the movies with my popcorn and believe everything I see.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Movies
I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Being
#Living
All I really want to do is entertain people out there sitting in the dark and for them to believe it.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Want
#People
I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Job
I just think we're living in a time of massive, amazing change, like the Industrial Revolution on acid.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Time
#Living
#Change
#Revolution
I don't care what people's myths are about me.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#People
#Care
#Myths
I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#People
I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Character
#Chance
#First
#Consideration
Cause I won't repeat myself, the way I dress and look.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Cause
#Dress
But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Actors
And sometimes I do films so my daughter can see me work.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Work
#Daughter
I like to show as much of a woman as I can. I like to fill things out.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Woman
You know, I change my hair color a lot, I do all sorts of different things.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Change
#Hair
It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Work
#Fun
Most movie stars don't change their look at all.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Stars
#Change
My idols are all older.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Idols
My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Film
#Career
That's where I got my start and where I'll continue to work, but I can't tell you the number of films between Drugstore Cowboy and Curly Sue that I auditioned for and wanted that didn't choose me.
Kelly Lynch,
American
Actress
#Work