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139 Claire Danes Quotes

Famous As: Known for Her Performance in TV Series 'Homeland'
Born On: 1979
Born In: Manhattan, New York, United States
Age: 45 Years

Claire Danes is an American actress, best known for playing ‘Angela Chase’ in the television show ‘My So-Called Life’ (1994). She has also starred in several films, such as ‘Little Women’ (1994), ‘Romeo+ Juliet’ (1996), ‘The Rainmaker’ (1997), ‘The Hours’ (2002), ‘Stardust’ (2007), and ‘A Kid Like Jake’ (2018). She is a three-time ‘Emmy Award’ winner. She has won four ‘Golden Globe Awards’ and two ‘Screen Actors Guild Awards’ as well. She received a star on the ‘Hollywood Walk of Fame’ in 2015. Danes is a feminist, and stands up for women rights. She is also an active supporter of charities such as ‘Afghan Hands’ and ‘Donorchoose.org.’ We have curated some of Claire Danes' quotes on acting, women, love, health, passion, and relationships. 

I have plenty of vanity in my life. I want to look pretty in the world. But it can be this bottomless pit.

I have plenty of vanity in my life. I want to look pretty in the world. But it can be this bottomless pit.

Claire Danes
I'm very vain about my performance. I want to give as honest a performance as I can. But I'm not so worried about being regarded as beautiful when I'm playing a character.

I'm very vain about my performance. I want to give as honest a performance as I can. But I'm not so worried about being regarded as beautiful when I'm playing a character.

Claire Danes
I exercise more for mental relaxation than anything else.

I exercise more for mental relaxation than anything else.

Claire Danes
I try to eat sensibly. I cheat, but for the most part, I eat in a clean way.

I try to eat sensibly. I cheat, but for the most part, I eat in a clean way.

Claire Danes
I eat in moderation and try not to worry about it.

I eat in moderation and try not to worry about it.

Claire Danes
I don't want to be an actress. I want to be doing good work that is well written and has good people in it.

I don't want to be an actress. I want to be doing good work that is well written and has good people in it.

Claire Danes
I just want to be a sane person. I wanna be a person who has a life and who acts.

I just want to be a sane person. I wanna be a person who has a life and who acts.

Claire Danes
I think you can become dependent on fame and be as known as you want to be, you know?

I think you can become dependent on fame and be as known as you want to be, you know?

Claire Danes
It's a very young mistake to assume that life is very serious. I get the joke now.

It's a very young mistake to assume that life is very serious. I get the joke now.

Claire Danes
I do feel like I've gotten younger as I've aged.

I do feel like I've gotten younger as I've aged.

Claire Danes
When somebody asks me who I'm wearing, I always see myself with a BabyBjoern, carrying a little tiny Karl Lagerfeld, like, 'I'm wearing Chanel.'

When somebody asks me who I'm wearing, I always see myself with a BabyBjoern, carrying a little tiny Karl Lagerfeld, like, 'I'm wearing Chanel.'

Claire Danes
Working gives you this new perspective. You don't take everything too seriously, and you realise that if you don't do too well on a history test, it's not the end of the world.

Working gives you this new perspective. You don't take everything too seriously, and you realise that if you don't do too well on a history test, it's not the end of the world.

Claire Danes
I was an actor who happened to be a kid.

I was an actor who happened to be a kid.

Claire Danes
It's been a great privilege to see how interwoven nations are and how incredibly complex these relationships are. It's so elaborate.

It's been a great privilege to see how interwoven nations are and how incredibly complex these relationships are. It's so elaborate.

Claire Danes
I wouldn't say that I'm a naturally political beast.

I wouldn't say that I'm a naturally political beast.

Claire Danes
Germany's fascinating. It's a really rich landscape to film and dramatise.

Germany's fascinating. It's a really rich landscape to film and dramatise.

Claire Danes
I love Berlin.

I love Berlin.

Claire Danes
I would be a terrible CIA officer in real life.

I would be a terrible CIA officer in real life.

Claire Danes
I've never been interested or particularly good at censoring my experience.

I've never been interested or particularly good at censoring my experience.

Claire Danes
I still have a book club with my friends from when I was 5. That's the privilege of growing up in a place where people want to remain. It's a huge gift.

I still have a book club with my friends from when I was 5. That's the privilege of growing up in a place where people want to remain. It's a huge gift.

Claire Danes
You have to come to work from a place of love.

You have to come to work from a place of love.

Claire Danes
I think people are made uncomfortable by uncensored expressions of emotion.

I think people are made uncomfortable by uncensored expressions of emotion.

Claire Danes
The twenties are a deceptively challenging-slash-painful time. I'm just glad to be out of that phase.

The twenties are a deceptively challenging-slash-painful time. I'm just glad to be out of that phase.

Claire Danes
I am a feminist.

I am a feminist.

Claire Danes
I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I'm just not vain about how I look while I give the performance.

I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I'm just not vain about how I look while I give the performance.

Claire Danes
I love sitting in the makeup trailer and getting my makeup done in 15 minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.

I love sitting in the makeup trailer and getting my makeup done in 15 minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.

Claire Danes
If I hadn't been an actress, I was thinking seriously about going into psychology. It's just really what I'm interested in: the human psyche and how we process information.

If I hadn't been an actress, I was thinking seriously about going into psychology. It's just really what I'm interested in: the human psyche and how we process information.

Claire Danes
I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being a nerd - all of the affect and none of the smarts. I'm a useless nerd! That's pretty bad.

I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being a nerd - all of the affect and none of the smarts. I'm a useless nerd! That's pretty bad.

Claire Danes
Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters.

Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters.

Claire Danes
My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.

My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.

Claire Danes