Quotes by Kim Basinger

• I love to be nervous before a scene.
• You have to be a little unreal to be in this business.
• There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do.
• My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me.
• I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social.
• I'm a very determined person.
• I'm a very determined businesswoman... I've got lots of things to do, and I don't have time to be classified as difficult, and I don't have time.
• I remember that Jack Lemmon, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, says that the day he stops being nervous is the day he should leave the business.
• I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely.
• I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road.