Jennifer Westfeldt Quotes & Sayings

#1. Don't be too afraid of failure to learn what you need to learn.

#2. The part that I felt most comfortable with going in was just working with actors and trying to make them feel comfortable and safe so they could find the performance. That part felt organic to me.

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#3. With any independent film, it's all about getting everyone's schedules in line and everything together at the same time and just doing the best you can do when that happens - if it happens.

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#4. As an actor, I've always been interested in making sure I can perform the role and the lines in the way the writer intended.

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#5. I always cry at weddings; they're beautiful, and I'm always moved.

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#6. I think film is collaboration, and I always want to hear everyone's input.

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#7. The saddest and strangest part of Hollywood to me is the fact that millions of dollars are spent on developing works that never get made. It doesn't make any sense to me. I don't understand it.

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#8. Everything I did growing up was with that as the real goal - doing Broadway; doing theatre. That was always the big thrill for me.

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#9. The hardest thing is never what you think it's going to be.

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#10. It's exciting to take control of your future instead of waiting for the phone to ring,

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#11. As an actor on sets, I've always clocked how hard the crew works, how much longer their days are, how much lesser their glory is - and the fact that their commitment to the work and project is unwavering, no matter the budget.

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#12. People in theatre work harder than anyone in the world - as far as I'm concerned - as far as sheer output of energy and the rigor and excellence that they maintain doing something every day, or twice a day.

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#13. I think women should support each other's work, encourage each other's work, help develop each other's voices and I think, ultimately, when we can stop having the conversation about 'women filmmakers', and just talk about 'filmmakers', then we'll know we've really gotten somewhere.

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