Nora Dunn Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

As an actor, you have to have your history.

I like to write and then perform it.

I love improvisation.

I never thought I was funny, but I enjoy being funny.

I prepared for the part by drinking, but I was sober when I was performing.

I think gun manufacturers should start being afraid. You can't open an aspirin bottle if you're a kid, but you can fire a gun at someone.

It was fun to be with a lot of great improvisational actors. We were pretty much locked up together, which was great.

John Cusack is a dream. I did one one-on-one scene with him and we got to shoot it so many times, and he did it different every time.

Milk Duds kept me going.

No movie should try to make a novel.

The gun issue is a big, unresolved issue in this country right now. I think it's out of control.

We sat around that table in the jury room, and it really gave us a lot of rehearsal time. A lot of stuff that we shot was really rehearsal stuff.

When I'm with my friends I'm funny, but I don't feel like I'm a funny clown.

Years ago I was a runway model, and I used to get laughs. I thought it was a joke anyway.

I'll never forget my father's response when I told him I wanted to be a lawyer. He said, 'If you do this, no man will ever want you.'