I'm not great at judging a career. Or planning one.

I've never really been a careerist; I've never been able to step back and look at anything in that way. I though this is just what happens. I did take my work very seriously. I loved immersing myself in a character. I loved getting the opportunity to do that. I didn't realize how extraordinary it was, how lucky I was, because I was young.

Not to compare an actor to a painter, but you can go through different phases and still be the same artist, y'know?

Jennifer Jason Leigh Quotes