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Rene Russo

American Actress

Born: Feb 17, 1954

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In June 1972, I went with friends to see the Rolling Stones at the Los Angeles Forum. After the concert, as we crossed through the parking lot, a guy in a brown Mercedes stopped in the middle of the street and got out. He came up to me and asked if I had ever modeled. Rene Russo

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I am self-conscious, and I'm aware of my body. But I struggle with America's limited idea of what perfection is. Rene Russo

Struggle Perfection Self-Conscious Idea Limited Am America Body Aware

I'm always drawn to melancholy personalities. Rene Russo

Melancholy Drawn Always Personalities

Being married, I would say most relationships are pretty codependent in some ways. Rene Russo

Relationships Say Ways Married Would Some Pretty Most Being

I have nothing against younger women and older men on screen. What is sad is that so many women over 40 who have so much to give aren't being considered to play opposite men their own age or younger. Rene Russo

I'm a California girl, and I'd love to restore a sense of place to Southern California. Rene Russo

Love Girl Sense Restore California Southern Southern California Place

Maybe it's that I'm naive, but I don't think of myself as an age. Rene Russo

Myself Age Think Naive Maybe

That's a really good question - what is it like living with a writer? I guess it depends on the writer. You know what? They live in a fantasy world a lot of the time. My husband lives in a fantasy world. Rene Russo

Time Good You World Husband Live Living Guess Writer Like Know Question Lot Depends Fantasy Fantasy World Really Lives

I'm so proud of myself. I thought, 'I've got to learn about American history.' I literally took two months off and watched every documentary known to man. I really didn't know Benjamin Franklin was so cool. Rene Russo

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When you are desperate, it's usually because of fear. Rene Russo

You Fear Desperate Because

I came out of a culture when there wasn't tweeting and everyone with a camera in their hands. I didn't grow up with it, so I'm not always thinking about it, but there have been times when I looked over, and I saw that someone was recording my conversation. Rene Russo

I'm not the kind of person that would step on people just to get where I wanted to be, but I have crossed moral boundaries when I've either been afraid or desperate. Rene Russo

People Desperate Kind Moral Would Crossed Step Boundaries Been Person Get Just Afraid Where Wanted Either

I can say that when you model,when you get to a certain age, that's it for you. I remember there was a time where I was like, 'What am I going to do with my life?' I am a high school dropout who's only modeled. So there was desperation with that. Rene Russo

I had never seen a Marvel comic. Rene Russo

Seen Marvel Never Had Comic

I didn't set out wanting to be an actress. That's not what I did. I didn't go to class striving to become an actress. I just basically - honestly, I didn't have anything else going. Rene Russo

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Unfortunately, I think depression and anxiety are really hard to live with. And what people don't need is to feel bad about themselves because they decide to go on medication. Rene Russo

Depression People Anxiety Live Think Bad About Feel Because Go Decide Unfortunately Themselves Really Hard Medication Need

My mom said my whole childhood... was stop and go. Rene Russo

Mom Said Go Childhood Stop Whole

I don't love getting up at the crack of dawn and having makeup put on my face for three hours - like, I really don't like it - and then having a part that's just not that challenging. Rene Russo

Love Face Three Having Dawn Part Put Like Hours Makeup Up Crack Getting Just Then Really Challenging

By high school, I was already tall - 5-foot-8 - and one day I made the mistake of wearing green tights. The football players all started calling me the Jolly Green Giant. Rene Russo

Day Me Mistake School Made One Day Giant High Wearing High School Jolly Football Football Players Calling Tall Tights Green Players Started

I think I was pigeonholed pretty early on. And I started late in my career. I was 33. Rene Russo

Think Late Pretty Pigeonholed Early Started Career

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