Glenne Headly Quotes: Best Quotes & Most-Famous Sayings

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Another celebrated actor has passed away. Glenne Headly lit up the screen with her starring roles in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Dick Tracy. She started her career on stage and later lent her talent to the television and silver screen. In 1989, her role in the epic Western miniseries Lonesome Dove earned Headly a Grammy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special.

Headly is set to co-star in the 2017 film Vlla Capri and the Hulu series Future Man. This will be her two final appearances on camera.
Glenne Headly passed away earlier today at the age of 62. Here are her selected words of wisdom…

Glenne Headly Quotes: Best Quotes & Most-Famous Sayings

“To me, a lot of what makes a good actor is not what a teacher tells you to do but how you respond when you’re on your own.”

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“Scene study is isolated. I suppose it’s interesting, but I don’t think it really teaches you about a throughline. A throughline is something you feel when you do one scene followed by another followed by another.”

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“I think a lot of good actors – for instance, Gary Sinise – have no training. His training was really entirely on his feet. I suppose you have to have an instinct for it.”

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“I had gone to the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City.”