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Carla Gugino Quotes

You know, I used to be made fun of as a kid for being really articulate; it was sort of like a strange thing.

– Carla Gugino

One of the things I really love about TV is this symbiotic relationship you can get between the writers and the actors, and the characters start to come to life because you start to collaborate.

– Carla Gugino

I’m a sensualist. My two main indulgences are dark chocolate and massages.

– Carla Gugino

I think you always have to go as an artist with instinct, I really do.

– Carla Gugino

I always feel like I want to work with people who raise my game, and I can do the same for them, and we can jump off the cliff together.

– Carla Gugino

I’ll always take an artistic endeavor over a career move.

– Carla Gugino

My tendency as an actor is, when there’s a certain energy, I feel a challenge to match it, to come up to that plate and play on the same level.

– Carla Gugino

It’s not often that the idea of continuing something for a potentially long period of time sounds exciting to me, because I really am a gypsy by nature.

– Carla Gugino

We are all multidimensional and kind of have dual personalities. Everyone puts on different roles depending on what circumstances they’re in without even noticing that they do that.

– Carla Gugino

I kind of knew it wasn’t going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.

– Carla Gugino

Unfortunately, ‘chick flick’ has become a term to describe most movies that I don’t even like. They’re these movies that, yes, have women in them but they really don’t reflect who women are, and there’s something kind of silly or shallow or gossipy about them.

– Carla Gugino

My father and my mother separated when I was two.

– Carla Gugino

Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.

– Carla Gugino

Well, first of all, I’m an incredibly gullible person – I’m so bad that when I said that to someone, my friend said, ‘You know, ‘gullible’ isn’t even in the dictionary.’ And I said, ‘Really?’ As I was saying ‘Really?’ I will acknowledge that I then realized what was happening, but that’s how bad I am.

– Carla Gugino

Personally, just as an actor, I love accents; they’re fun.

– Carla Gugino

I love doing serious movies for adults.

– Carla Gugino

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It’s black and white. It’s win or lose.

– Carla Gugino

My favorite thing is to have a big dinner with friends and talk about life.

– Carla Gugino

I think when I first started acting there were different people who I thought, ‘I want that person’s career or that person’s career.’ And as time has gone on, it’s become really clear to me what is important to me; getting the best roles, the roles that I feel are challenging and scary and that I haven’t done yet.

– Carla Gugino

‘Sucker Punch’ is a big girl power movie.

– Carla Gugino

I like being the lead but I like being in an ensemble. There are different challenges and dilemmas with both. If you’re carrying a film, there’s a certain weight, but there are a lot of scenes to explore the character. When you’re in an ensemble, you have to convey the entire character in a limited number of scenes.

– Carla Gugino

I’m a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan.

– Carla Gugino

Yeah, I guess I’m not a particularly religious person, but I do really believe strongly that we all need to believe in something, and that’s very personal to each one of us.

– Carla Gugino

I feel like I’m the only person – or woman, at least – who hasn’t read ‘Fifty Shades of Grey.’

– Carla Gugino

I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from who you are as a person.

– Carla Gugino

When my friends have a health concern, they call me. I’ve always been a vitamin taker. I also take digestive enzymes and antioxidants, and supplements that help with the thyroid and adrenals for my time-zone changes.

– Carla Gugino