"Your art is too delicate. If you 
desire the pat on the back too much, then you're not going to be true to the purest form of it. It's a constant struggle not to need the feedback, to try and stay true to your innermost voice. You need to protect it with a strong force field."
-- Nicole Kidman
"As an actress you have to be willing to be bad. 
You have to be willing to jump off the ledge, which is a lazy metaphor but the best I can do right now. But, you know, a willingness to fall on your face and know that your director is going to catch you. If you don't have that, if you're protecting yourself in your performance, it's not going to be good."
-- Jennifer Jason Leigh
From separate conversations with Michael Cunningham about their new film Margot at the Wedding for Interview Magazine.
