We all get lost along the way, but hopefully we figure out some sort of path. It helps if you can imagine the process as well as the goal. Those kinds of dreams are easier to achieve.

~ Annette Bening

Annette Bening Path Goal Lost

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

~ Annette Bening

Annette Bening Soul Acting Movies

It's hard to make a living in this business. Unions aren't as strong as they used to be. For a journeyman actor - someone who doesn't have a famous name but has consistent work in theater or film or TV - it has become harder to get through, harder to raise a family.

~ Annette Bening

Annette Bening Work Family Business

I do have to take care of myself, not only because I'm in the movies, just for mental health reasons. I exercise for me. You know, maybe it would be nice to not have to do that in order to feel good, but I do. I feel like I have to, to feel good. To clear my head and all of that, so.

~ Annette Bening

Annette Bening Good Myself Me

When I watch my kids, and I see the primal level at which the sibling relationships are formed, then I completely understand what these unresolved adult sibling problems are based on. You know, 'Mom liked you better' and, 'You got your own room and I didn't.'

~ Annette Bening

Annette Bening Sibling Problems