Top 36 Wiest Quotes
#1. I love 'Annie Hall,' but then I adore 'Hannah and Her Sisters.' Dianne Wiest is amazing in 'Bullets Over Broadway,' but her in 'Hannah and Her Sisters,' I absolutely loved it.
Cate Blanchett
#2. I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I'm sad about that, but not enough to do anything about it.
Dianne Wiest
#3. We must be able to look under the surface rather than over-analyze it and delude ourselves into thinking we're seeing beneath it.
Brianna Wiest
#4. I used to watch dailies and felt I had to keep on top of the character, but I don't feel that any more.
Dianne Wiest
#5. Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I've never worked with anyone I've trusted so completely. He won't let you hit a false note.
Dianne Wiest
#6. Happy people know suffering more than anyone else, and that's how they can see just how damn beautiful their lives are. It's because they've seen the depths.
Brianna Wiest
#7. Your body is a vessel for your experience, and you will be trapped until you realize that what the vessel looks like is not as important as what it can do.
Brianna Wiest
#8. Not everyone will like you. Not everyone will be kind to you. Not everyone will agree with you. That does not mean you have to be unkind in return.
Brianna Wiest
#9. People will come and go as they are scheduled to. Let them. Holding on does not affect them, only you.
Brianna Wiest
#10. Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion.
Dianne Wiest
#11. You were taught that love is supposed to be patient and kind, and not something that challenges you and changes you and makes you who you are.
Brianna Wiest
#12. It was just this crazy craziness, and the fact that it was shot in Paris, and it had these incredible people in it. It was an easy thing to say yes to.
Dianne Wiest
#13. When we were doing Bullets over Broadway, he told me to be more fragile and I thought I was, but he saw it completely differently.
Dianne Wiest
#14. Danger is real. Heartache is real. Fear is not. It's a story we tell ourselves.
Brianna Wiest
#15. Gee, this isn't like I imagined it would be in the bathtub.
Dianne Wiest
#16. I had to choose, I'd be so sad. They are flip sides of the same coin. I love both comedy and drama.
Dianne Wiest
#17. I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas, and make it my own.
Dianne Wiest
#18. The key to finding happiness in this life is realizing that the only way to overcome is to transcend; to find happiness in the simple pleasures, to master the art of just being.
Brianna Wiest
#19. It's a great privilege to not know where you'll end up, just where you're headed. It's the only way to get there.
Brianna Wiest
#20. Theater is not to make a living, so I don't have the money pressure.
Dianne Wiest
#21. The studios are very much business. Maybe it was always that way. It is really commercial now. Judgments are made and directions are given to make the cash register ring.
Dianne Wiest
#22. Unless you are unique, your opinion goes out the window.
Dianne Wiest
#23. It's not about getting over things, it's about making room for them. It's about painting the picture with contrast.
Brianna Wiest
#25. What I love is a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. I'll just have peanut butter and bananas, then peanut butter and pickles. Peanut butter and chocolate I don't recommend.
Dianne Wiest
#27. The formula is the star. I couldn't work inside that formula.
Dianne Wiest
#29. I shot Footloose nearby, and we used to hike. Very fond memories.
Dianne Wiest
#30. You are at the mercies of the dailies. With an indie you don't have that.
Dianne Wiest
#31. Happiness, if you think about it, is the biggest conundrum we face. The pursuit of it is why we do basically everything that we do, and yet, none of that effort is necessary: it's the simplest choice of changing our state of mind.
Brianna Wiest
#32. Whenever you feel hopeless, all you need to do is go outside and realize that you have been molded into human form for some reason. You are somewhere you may never be again. Your actions, no matter how inconsequential you think they may be, have been essential.
Brianna Wiest
#33. I'm more aware of time. The element of time.
Dianne Wiest
#34. I look at the kids coming out of Yale. They are so intelligent with their careers. I wish I had that.
Dianne Wiest
#35. Young people are more intelligent and sophisticated.
Dianne Wiest
#36. Love someone because their soul inspires you, not because you're interested in the relief from loneliness and companionship they can provide. Anybody can do that. Not just anybody can show you to yourself.
Brianna Wiest
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