Marisa Tomei's Quotes

Politics itself is so unsexy, isn't it? But when the politics in creative works are really explored - not used as a vehicle - the results can be really interesting.

A man like Wilde was not free to live out of the closet as a homosexual, and women in general were not able to be truly themselves; there was no place for a woman's voice to be heard or for her to express her sexuality.

Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.

I don't prefer much of film over stage... The only thing I prefer is the paycheck.

I find that protein wakes up my brain and gets me ready for the rest of my day.

I love being outside and getting fresh air.

I never got into coffee.

I prefer to express myself physically, or non-verbally. I prefer just to react without having a lot of dialogue.

I really don't like when things are all polished and perfect - the perfect love story and the hair is perfect.

I was exposed to the arts, but there was no one in my family who was an artist.

I'm a person who has to eat! I graze every few hours.

I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings.

I've just been lucky. I'd like to have more choices, and I'd like to have a leading part.

I've just been really lucky to not be too much of a stereotype.

Singing really oxygenates your blood. You stretch your lungs and take in much more air into them than before. It's really good for your health.

With acting, it was really more of a general kind of experience of really just loving being in the theater.

You can't really be old in L.A., it's kind of like a crime.

You express different energies at different times in your life.

You have your structure, but within it, it gets fuller and you can highlight other parts of the performance.

All of us have read the stories about young people in Hollywood and all the challenges they have to confront there, and I think that artistically, I really didn't understand the commercial side of the film business, so I went back to a purely artistic setting.

I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in film roles. I love to sink my teeth into a part.

I can't tell stories to save my life. I like to have fun, and I go out and have a lot of fun. But I'm not really an entertainer that way. I'm much more shy.

I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it's like a one night stand. But I do enjoy being around people who love it so much.