Quotes by Meg Ryan

• A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well.
• Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as.
• And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well.
• And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up.
• It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Dennis's relationship could not sustain.
• When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often.
• What brings people down is the same thing over and over.
• The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.
• People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.
• I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material.
• Neither of us, me nor Dennis, is cavalier about a breakup. We both behaved very honorably.
• My family responsibilities don't conflict with my career. Not at all.
• Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do even though it takes a lot.
• It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols.
• I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me.
• I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.
• I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be loved or your capacity to hear and to really speak.
• I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.
• I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.
• I don't feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether they're seen or not is another issue.
• Clearly romantic comedy is my franchise genre, I don't mind saying that, it's true. I love doing them and hopefully always will do them.
• I've been in this business for years and I'm still befuddled by the ways of this town.
• I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst.