Quotes by Anjelica Huston

“My biggest ambition is never to be bored. Im not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress.”

“Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy.”

“Ive always thought with relationships, that its more about what you bring to the table than what youre going to get from it. Its very nice if you sit down and the cake appears. But if you go to the table expecting cake, then its not so good.”

“Where there is age there is evolution, where there is life there is growth.”

“My father was extremely loving to me and funny and wise and understanding, and at other times extremely demanding, critical, calculating, exacting. When youre a young woman, I think you want to please a lot, so maybe you accept more of the criticism than you would as an older person. But criticism can be very wounding. It certainly was to me.”

“Its still possible to find pockets of old Dublin-but its becoming more and more rarified.”

“Im not all that big on rides. I sort of like bumper cars but I dont really go to Disneyland all that much unless if have nieces and nephews or people to take.”

“Ive never been seasick. Carsick, but never seasick.”

“I was actually in my mid-30s when I got the Oscar. And yeah, it does kind of spoil you in terms of the kind of stuff you look for.”

About Hollywood.I feel like it’s a big ocean, full of bottom feeders, midlevel fish, the occasional shark, and some wonderful savvy whales, the elders, and the ones who guide you on your way. If you’re lucky enough, you get to be a dolphin and have your waves broken by the passage of these elders before you, but at the same time, you get an occasional shark bite in the tail and maybe one of the bottom feeders comes up and takes a little nibble. But I see myself as cresting a series of waves, dipping down, sometimes, lower than I’d like, but mainly kind of happily staying above. (smiles and takes a long drag of her cigarette) And, of course, I try to avoid the fishnets.

Im not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor.

I dont think its necessarily healthy to go into relationships as a needy person. Better to go in with a full deck.