Quotes by Uma Thurman

“So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.”

“Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.”

“I don't feel famous.”

“I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.”

“I've learned that every working mom is a superwoman.”

“I'm an actress and mom, and I probably don't have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don't know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they don't actually practise them.”

“It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.”

“When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don't practice or preach it, however.”

“I'd like to classify my life as a romantic comedy. Unfortunately I feel it's probably more like a TV reality show.”

“I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.”

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