Moira Kelly Quotes

“I did everything I could to stay in college and pay my own way, so I think that if success hadn't come so quickly, I would still be pursuing it.”

— Moira Kelly

“Children are so creative and imaginative that they just bring you to life all over again.”

— Moira Kelly

“A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.”

— Moira Kelly

“I can cry at the drop of the pin. But comedy is hard for me; it's the timing.”

— Moira Kelly

“Money's not important to me. Movie star acknowledgement is not important to me. I don't want to be a big studio actress. I don't want to be in the limelight.”

— Moira Kelly

“But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style.”

— Moira Kelly

“I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that.”

— Moira Kelly

I find nothing wrong with the naked body.

— Moira Kelly

“I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen.”

— Moira Kelly

“I truly believe that God brought this, Dorothy Day script to me, because for a long time up until I was in eight grade - I wanted to be a nun.”

— Moira Kelly

I've been told before, and I tend to believe it, I'm not like most actresses out there.

— Moira Kelly

“There are a lot of battles to face, and if I didn't have that religious core - that base to turn to - I would be truly lost.”

— Moira Kelly

“We have a world that is searching for answers, that is searching for a way back to spirituality.”

— Moira Kelly

“An audience is going to be able to find a little bit of Dorothy in themselves and relate to this woman.: roles like Dorothy Day are so rare in Hollywood.”

— Moira Kelly

“Growing up Catholic has been a gift.”

— Moira Kelly

First of all - I only believe what I see.

— Moira Kelly

“Hollywood is a world all its own.”

— Moira Kelly

“I don't even own a television. I'm proud of that.”

— Moira Kelly

“I get a lot of recognition for my voice. That always surprises me.”

— Moira Kelly

“I just want the opportunity to continue to do great films, play great characters and work with great people.”

— Moira Kelly

I just wanted to be married and to be happy ever after.

— Moira Kelly

I like to go rock scrambling.

— Moira Kelly

“I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college.”

— Moira Kelly

“I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that.”

— Moira Kelly

“I used to babysit a lot, and I used to be a nanny.”

— Moira Kelly

“I'd love to have the opportunity to sing in a Disney movie.”

— Moira Kelly

“My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre.”

— Moira Kelly

“Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.”

— Moira Kelly

“Nudity ... I have to say I will never do it again.”

— Moira Kelly

“They used to say I was a younger Winona Ryder and that always made me laugh because I'm three years older than she is.”

— Moira Kelly

We're not all called to be Dorothy Day.

— Moira Kelly

“You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices.”

— Moira Kelly

I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids!

— Moira Kelly