Morena Baccarin

Actress

175 Quotes

I understand people are curious, but it doesn't matter. My personal life is my personal life.

Some people have strong opinions about women with short hair. They find it very masculine and severe. Others think it's soft and feminine and makes your features stand out. It can be an Audrey Hepburn kind of thing.

In Brazil, you are very close to your family; we saw our cousins every weekend, and my grandmother lived with us.

It's incredibly fun as an actor to get to play different styles and different genres for completely different audiences.

I can't complain. I'm making a living out of what I do, which is really rare for a lot of actors. The hard part is staying confident and staying with it.

The lamest excuse that I get incessantly is, 'Oh, we're not going ethnic with that role,' so I can't go in for it, or I can't get the part, which is really stupid, because, in today's world, people look different.

I had the opportunity to wear Hearts On Fire jewelry on the red carpet and just loved the way their diamonds made me look and feel.

All I think about is my son, my family, and my future family.

I'm one of those people who has a toothbrush and toothpaste with me at all times. After lunch, I'll brush my teeth in a restaurant bathroom!

I'm one of those people who has a toothbrush and toothpaste with me at all times. After lunch, I'll brush my teeth in a restaurant bathroom!

I certainly am not doing nudity because I think lightly of it - I don't think it's something that one should just jump into without thinking about it.

All I think about is my son, my family, and my future family.

My whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre directors.

My mother put me on birth control as soon as I told her I wanted to go on it. I was 16. I was very young.

I'd like to think that every job and every step I've taken progressed more and more toward the career that I've wanted to have.

You see those magazines, 'Oh, look at so-and-so without makeup, Halle Berry without makeup.' It's so crazy to wake up in the morning and have that thought - 'Do I need to put makeup on? Do I need to do something because I know people are going to know who I am?'

I always keep a little bit of Lindt or Ghirardelli milk chocolate for when I'm stuck in traffic. And I'm a big fan of Mentos during long plane rides.

Having no emotions is the most difficult, to tone it down.

When I first cut my hair short, I was trying for a mix of Mia Farrow and Jean Seberg. The photo I took to my hairdresser was Jean Seberg in Breathless. I said, 'Make me look like this.'

I do think it is possible to be in love with two people at the same time.

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