I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I’ve gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative. – Mira Sorvino
I hate it when people use sex as a weapon against the people who are engaging in it. It’s so hypocritical. – Mira Sorvino
Now that I’ve got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on. – Mira Sorvino
I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning. – Mira Sorvino
I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me. – Mira Sorvino
Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You’re always connected to the other person through some kind of action. – Mira Sorvino
I’m doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don’t disparage those things that I did. They’re just not as much reflective of who I am. – Mira Sorvino
It’s the relationships between people that are more important than the sort of far away fantasies of what the good life is, the world of supermodels and Bud ads. – Mira Sorvino
I assume that if people get to know me, they’ll like me. If they don’t, it’s not my problem. – Mira Sorvino
I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera. – Mira Sorvino
The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they’re going to offer it to Julia Roberts first. – Mira Sorvino
I always feel I can play a role – just give me the time to do the preparation and I’ll be it. – Mira Sorvino
I had a Christian upbringing – it was all about sin and guilt. I was very happy just kissing people. I was like the make-out queen – not even second base. – Mira Sorvino
I wanted to do something far from my intellectual and physical home, so I went to live in Beijing for eight months and took Mandarin Chinese. – Mira Sorvino
There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop. – Mira Sorvino
I hope that doing truthful portrayals of people in a variety of circumstances gives people a kind of subterranean link to those characters. – Mira Sorvino
