Linda Fiorentino Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

All I'm thinking about today is cleaning my bathroom.

As actors, the thing we have to fight, more than even the business part of making movies, is boredom.

Chazz Palminteri is just the ultimate screen husband.

Do you know what my real name is? It's Clorinda. Which is also Italian. They used to call me Clorox when I was a kid.

Even if you have a strong female character, invariably in the third act she has to become really vulnerable and wimpy and get her comeuppance.

Even in something like Thelma and Louise, where you have these two very strong characters, they have to die in the end.

He allowed us to choreograph the sex scenes.

I don't look at scripts in terms of commerciality. I just look at the part, the people involved.

I go to bed with men, not boys.

I have a sister who's kind of in the business-she does voice-overs. I think they all watch what I go through and have decided to get married and have children instead. It's a safer bet.

I never wear leather.

I was still making movies so it wasn't as if I were working in a bar, but they were independent films that couldn't find distributors.

I would like to do maybe a smaller romantic comedy.

I would love to have children, yes. Maybe even adopt them. I'm not sure that I should pass on my genes.

I'm convinced my mother only had sex eight times.

I've been in the bargain basement of the movie business.

If I'm not afraid when I'm reading a script, that means I know I've done it before. If I read something and think, Wow, I can't play this part, then I want to play it more.

In the end it's about the work, not an award you get for the work.

It didn't rain today, so I didn't have to work. Why don't you have to sit around and wait until it rains?

Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already.

Men think that I'm going to say no to them: That's just what they perceive. Men don't approach me. So I have to be the aggressor.

No matter what you say or do, it always comes down to that. The power of sex has brought many people down to their knees.

People over 30 are interested in sex too, but they get real movies about it.

Sometimes I have to work because I need the money. You weigh the issues and ask yourself, Can I wake up every morning and do this?

Sometimes the only thing we women want is a dick and no arguments. What could make us happier?

Teens aren't just interested in getting laid. I won't believe that's all they're interested in. I have four younger sisters and they're sick of being shown how they're supposed to react in bed.

They're my favorite two words these days: Oscar reject.

You can talk about movies all you want, but I have this porcelain fetish. I've had it since I was a kid, because there were so many kids in my family, the only place I had any solace was in the bathroom.

You constantly have to find something that's challenging, a director who's challenging, co-stars who are challenging. That's what keeps us going.