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Moira Kelly
American
Actress
About the author
I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Want
#Freedom
I find nothing wrong with the naked body.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Nothing
#Wrong
#Body
I've been told before, and I tend to believe it, I'm not like most actresses out there.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
I'd love to have the opportunity to sing in a Disney movie.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Love
#Opportunity
#Disney
I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids!
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Kids
#Thought
#Parents
#College
I used to babysit a lot, and I used to be a nanny.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
Money's not important to me. Movie star acknowledgement is not important to me. I don't want to be a big studio actress. I don't want to be in the limelight.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Want
#Money
I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Politics
#Taste
#Blood
I truly believe that God brought this, Dorothy Day script to me, because for a long time up until I was in eight grade - I wanted to be a nun.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Time
#God
#Day
My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Children
#Open
#Dream
#Theatre
Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Now
#Music
#Rap
Nudity... I have to say I will never do it again.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Will
#Nudity
They used to say I was a younger Winona Ryder and that always made me laugh because I'm three years older than she is.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Years
We're not all called to be Dorothy Day.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Day
I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#College
#Struggle
We have a world that is searching for answers, that is searching for a way back to spirituality.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#World
#Answers
#Spirituality
There are a lot of battles to face, and if I didn't have that religious core - that base to turn to - I would be truly lost.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Religious
I did everything I could to stay in college and pay my own way, so I think that if success hadn't come so quickly, I would still be pursuing it.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Success
#College
You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Trying
#Voice
A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Pretty
#Months
#Quick
#Graduation
An audience is going to be able to find a little bit of Dorothy in themselves and relate to this woman.: roles like Dorothy Day are so rare in Hollywood.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Hollywood
#Day
#Woman
But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Style
Children are so creative and imaginative that they just bring you to life all over again.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Life
#Children
First of all - I only believe what I see.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#First
Growing up Catholic has been a gift.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Growing up
I like to go rock scrambling.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
I can cry at the drop of the pin. But comedy is hard for me; it's the timing.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Comedy
I don't even own a television. I'm proud of that.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Television
I get a lot of recognition for my voice. That always surprises me.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Surprises
#Voice
I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Music
#Listening
#Irish
I just want the opportunity to continue to do great films, play great characters and work with great people.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Want
#People
#Work
#Play
#Opportunity
I just wanted to be married and to be happy ever after.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
Hollywood is a world all its own.
Moira Kelly,
American
Actress
#Hollywood
#World