Mia Farrow

American actress (born 1945)

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I want a big career, a big man, and a big life. You have to think big - that's the only way to get it... I just couldn't stand being anonymous.
If I seem to be running, it's because I'm pursued.
And I have the most wonderful children. I've been very, very blessed.
I think it was a difficult place for children. Beverly Hills was a one-business town, and the movie-making community was very clique-ish. You didn't really meet people outside that circle - except when they were employed by your parents: lawyers, or a gardener. Things that you might have wanted to do, you saw them as, in a way, in service. It was limiting in the way that role models were presented to children, and when people sort of became aware of how special our circumstances were, it also began to dawn on them that: how could they possibly sustain this themselves?
I don't think you can be a Catholic without an accompanying measure of guilt.
I love Lindt. Dark chocolate is such a delicious indulgence.
I don't like to talk about acting. I don't analyze it.
As a young actress on her slender, waifish figure, "I'm kind of 20-20-20."
"I want a big career, a big man and a big life. You have to think big - that's the only way to get it ... I just couldn't stand being anonymous." - in 1965
I wondered if, after all the things I'd been through, could I really act again?
I get it now; I didn't get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible...and enjoying everything in between.