Latest Leslie Mann Quotes from Interviews

• I think that at the time, when I was first pregnant, it was hard to make the transition from being totally self-involved to not being able to think about myself at all. At the end of the day, I think that's the best thing that someone can go through. I think it makes you a better person. It doesn't mean that people who don't go through that aren't good people. For me, it was a good thing.

  Leslie Mann

  Mean, Thinking, Self

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Thank God I didn't put my career over family. That would have been the biggest mistake of my life. I'm really happy it went the way it did.

  Leslie Mann

  Mistake, Careers, Thank God

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Comedy is hard to do, and I don't know why it doesn't have its own category in awards. I don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy. It doesn't get respect. It's hard. It's really hard. It would be more gratifying to get something for a comedy, because it doesn't happen much or at all.

  Leslie Mann

  Drama, Thinking, Awards

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• When I was in acting class, we did a lot of really serious scenes, and we didn't do comedic scenes. I felt like doing those scenes, it didn't come out of my mouth the right way. I don't know if it's because my voice is different, or what it is about me, but it just seemed a little off.

  Leslie Mann

  Class, Voice, Acting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I think we're different, but we are very similar in a lot of ways, and we really complement each other in real life and on screen. Cameron [Diaz], for me, is like the teacher. And Kate's [Uptone] like my daughter. She's only five years older than my daughter, and so, I always wanted to protect her.

  Leslie Mann

  Daughter, Teacher, Real

  "Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Talk THE OTHER WOMAN, Their Chemistry on Set, the Rating, and More". Press Conference, collider.com. April 22, 2014.

• We discovered that we have a fun chemistry physically. Cameron [Diaz] has really long legs and a short torso, and I have a really long torso and shorter legs.

  Leslie Mann

  Fun, Long, Legs

• I guess Judd (Apatow) is my soul mate because we have a lot of hard times, and it's great at times, too.

  Leslie Mann

  Hard Times, Soul, Mates

  "Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Talk THE OTHER WOMAN, Their Chemistry on Set, the Rating, and More". Press conference, collider.com. April 22, 2014.

• I observe a lot of you drunk people. What I do is I just let myself go there and fully commit to that drunk thing, not that I've ever done that myself. I've had a lot of practice. Let's be honest.

  Leslie Mann

  Practice, People, Drunk

• What I loved about [The Other Woman] movie was the same thing. It was three women who would never have come together for any other reason except that they had something in common which was this common cause, and that's really the feeling that I wanted this movie to have. It was a huge influence for it.

  Leslie Mann

  Feelings, Together, Causes

• Nine to Five is actually one of my favorite movies. I watched it a thousand times when I was a child, literally a thousand times.

  Leslie Mann

  Children, Nine, My Favorite

• There's nothing in [The Other Woman] movie that feels like an R to us.

  Leslie Mann

  Feels

• I've been married for 17 years and you know how the actors say, "It's really technical. Those scenes are not sexy. They're just so technical. It's like work." And I'm like, "That's bullshit."

  Leslie Mann

  Sexy, Years, Bullshit

  "Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Talk THE OTHER WOMAN, Their Chemistry on Set, the Rating, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 22, 2014.

• Written by a woman automatically is better.

  Leslie Mann

  Written

• I remember, as a kid, my dad always told me, "Getting older beats the alternative." Although, now my father actually is the alternative, so I don't know what he would say. He's completely dead.

  Leslie Mann

  Dad, Father, Kids

  Source: collider.com

• Everything is a struggle. Everything is relative, too, so I still feel like I'm struggling, in many aspects. I'm not worried about paying my rent next month, but in about two months, we'll see.

  Leslie Mann

  Struggle, Two, Next

  Source: collider.com