Quotes by Illeana Douglas

• There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.
• I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
• When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling, because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times.
• When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
• We were big Saturday Night Live and Eddie Murphy fans.
• I like the idea of capturing people who aren't there to save the world.
• I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
• It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.
• I always wanted to get into the horror genre. I like scary movies. I want to go to the fan shows and sign posters with my head hanging by a thread like a B-movie actress.
• The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.
• I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.
• I come from a pretty strange family.
• I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.
• I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had.
• I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man.
• I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
• God only knows what else is on the web about me.
• I like doing movies that relate to people's experience.
• I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period.
• I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films.
• I'm a huge poster collector.
• In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.
• It's nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding.
• I love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny.