Moira Kelly

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!

My dream is to eventually open a children’s theatre.

First of all – I only believe what I see.

I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that.

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.

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.

Children are so creative and imaginative that they just bring you to life all over again.

I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I’ll continue to do that.

I just want the opportunity to continue to do great films, play great characters and work with great people.

But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style.

I get a lot of recognition for my voice. That always surprises me.

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.

I’d love to have the opportunity to sing in a Disney movie.

I used to babysit a lot, and I used to be a nanny.

Growing up Catholic has been a gift.

I can cry at the drop of the pin. But comedy is hard for me; it’s the timing.

We’re not all called to be Dorothy Day.

Nudity… I have to say I will never do it again.

I just wanted to be married and to be happy ever after.

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.

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.

I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college.

Hollywood is a world all its own.

I don’t even own a television. I’m proud of that.

I find nothing wrong with the naked body.

I’ve been told before, and I tend to believe it, I’m not like most actresses out there.

Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

I like to go rock scrambling.

We have a world that is searching for answers, that is searching for a way back to spirituality.

A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.

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.

You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices.

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.