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65 Insightful Quotes By Natasha Lyonne

Famous As: Known for Her Role of ‘Nicky Nichols’ on the Comedy Series ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Born On: April 4, 1979
Born In: New York, New York, United States
Age: 44 Years
Natasha Lyonne is a American actress, writer, producer and director. She earned a nomination for ‘Primetime Emmy Award’ for her performance in ‘Orange is The New Black.’ She earned three ‘Primetime Emmy’ nominations for ‘Russian Doll,’ which was written, co-created and directed by her. Some of her other notable television and film credits include ‘All About Evil,’ ‘American Pie series,’ ‘Scary Movies 2,’ ‘Sleeping With Other People,’ ‘Slums of Beverly Hills,’ ‘Yoga Hosers,’ ‘Everyone Says I Love You,’ and many more. Take a look at the famous quotes by Natasha Lyonne on faith, anger, heart, life, people, compassion, crisis, growing-up, beliefs, etc.
Your trade becomes very much impacted by the quality of your life experiences and your capacity to process them.

Your trade becomes very much impacted by the quality of your life experiences and your capacity to process them.

Natasha Lyonne
There's something great about all your worst fears coming true and being said about you. There's a tremendous liberation on some level.

There's something great about all your worst fears coming true and being said about you. There's a tremendous liberation on some level.

Natasha Lyonne
You compare yourself to somebody who you think is a peer, and you can totally lose the plot, and not understand that you are nothing like them in the first place, and it was never you versus anybody.

You compare yourself to somebody who you think is a peer, and you can totally lose the plot, and not understand that you are nothing like them in the first place, and it was never you versus anybody.

Natasha Lyonne
There's that special magical place that exists when you forget everything else because you are laughing hysterically. It's the only truly safe place and it can happen with a stranger or a best friend.

There's that special magical place that exists when you forget everything else because you are laughing hysterically. It's the only truly safe place and it can happen with a stranger or a best friend.

Natasha Lyonne
There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.

There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.

Natasha Lyonne
The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in 'Out of the Blue' is one of them.

The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in 'Out of the Blue' is one of them.

Natasha Lyonne
The person sending ironic text messages has no idea that their voice does not sound so great in text. There's no dry sense of humor in a text. It comes off as a little bit shitty.

The person sending ironic text messages has no idea that their voice does not sound so great in text. There's no dry sense of humor in a text. It comes off as a little bit shitty.

Natasha Lyonne
The interesting trick of comedy, in a lot of ways, is to have both the comedy and the grounding of the real thing. You get a real sense of a human being.

The interesting trick of comedy, in a lot of ways, is to have both the comedy and the grounding of the real thing. You get a real sense of a human being.

Natasha Lyonne
The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.

The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.

Natasha Lyonne
That's usually how I get to know strangers - get inappropriately touchy. Once they've experienced the awkwardness of you being way too close for comfort, after that, it all gets easy.

That's usually how I get to know strangers - get inappropriately touchy. Once they've experienced the awkwardness of you being way too close for comfort, after that, it all gets easy.

Natasha Lyonne
Sometimes the things that come out of my mouth are mortifying.

Sometimes the things that come out of my mouth are mortifying.

Natasha Lyonne
Remember when we didn't live in the future? When we were young, it was not the future yet.

Remember when we didn't live in the future? When we were young, it was not the future yet.

Natasha Lyonne
Rather than spend so much time wondering if I'm going to get hired, or is it a problem that I've got this black-tar history, I've just got to keep doing what I'm doing and try to be decent.

Rather than spend so much time wondering if I'm going to get hired, or is it a problem that I've got this black-tar history, I've just got to keep doing what I'm doing and try to be decent.

Natasha Lyonne
Over time, you realize that even the things that are most high stakes kind of resolve themselves.

Over time, you realize that even the things that are most high stakes kind of resolve themselves.

Natasha Lyonne
No, but it is something I really enjoy speaking about. You've got to do something with all the books you've read, so you might as well imagine you've optioned them.

No, but it is something I really enjoy speaking about. You've got to do something with all the books you've read, so you might as well imagine you've optioned them.

Natasha Lyonne
My hair is such a statement that it's like a neon sign asking for trouble.

My hair is such a statement that it's like a neon sign asking for trouble.

Natasha Lyonne
My family moved to Israel when I was eight until I was 10, and then we came back, and my parents split up. I was suddenly in a single-parent home and on scholarship. Fifth grade was such a hard year for me.

My family moved to Israel when I was eight until I was 10, and then we came back, and my parents split up. I was suddenly in a single-parent home and on scholarship. Fifth grade was such a hard year for me.

Natasha Lyonne
My car is always black. I really struggle with red cars. I don't want to attract too much cop attention.

My car is always black. I really struggle with red cars. I don't want to attract too much cop attention.

Natasha Lyonne
Life is not for the faint of heart.

Life is not for the faint of heart.

Natasha Lyonne
Life is a wildly transient thing with people coming into your life and dropping away. It definitely takes work to maintain relationships.

Life is a wildly transient thing with people coming into your life and dropping away. It definitely takes work to maintain relationships.

Natasha Lyonne
Let's face it. I'm an open book.

Let's face it. I'm an open book.

Natasha Lyonne
It's such a weird thing: to sit and look at yourself is so distracting to the psyche. It would be like me standing in front of a mirror and looking at myself all day, trying to find a flaw.

It's such a weird thing: to sit and look at yourself is so distracting to the psyche. It would be like me standing in front of a mirror and looking at myself all day, trying to find a flaw.

Natasha Lyonne
It's not easy trying to navigate your internal world in the public eye.

It's not easy trying to navigate your internal world in the public eye.

Natasha Lyonne
It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.

It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.

Natasha Lyonne
In my experience of living, for a time, in the underbelly of society, I spent a lot of time in various holding cells.

In my experience of living, for a time, in the underbelly of society, I spent a lot of time in various holding cells.

Natasha Lyonne
I'm somebody who believes in funny things, and laughing, but I do like for them to come from a place that addresses the human condition.

I'm somebody who believes in funny things, and laughing, but I do like for them to come from a place that addresses the human condition.

Natasha Lyonne
I'm really enjoying growing up. I feel like so much of my life was in an existential crisis when I was young, and I don't feel as bogged down by that anymore.

I'm really enjoying growing up. I feel like so much of my life was in an existential crisis when I was young, and I don't feel as bogged down by that anymore.

Natasha Lyonne
I'm not to be confused with Natasha Henstridge in 'Species,' where I just emerge out of the weird alien womb looking amazing. I really rely heavily on my black outfits and my gold chains to give me sort of a thing.

I'm not to be confused with Natasha Henstridge in 'Species,' where I just emerge out of the weird alien womb looking amazing. I really rely heavily on my black outfits and my gold chains to give me sort of a thing.

Natasha Lyonne
I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it.

I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it.

Natasha Lyonne
I'm a text artist. It's an unsung art form because it's so ahead of its time.

I'm a text artist. It's an unsung art form because it's so ahead of its time.

Natasha Lyonne
I'm a movie star. Can I talk to my entertainment lawyer?

I'm a movie star. Can I talk to my entertainment lawyer?

Natasha Lyonne
I'd love to go to school, but every time I try I get a movie. That's actually how I get work: I enroll. That's like my good luck charm.

I'd love to go to school, but every time I try I get a movie. That's actually how I get work: I enroll. That's like my good luck charm.

Natasha Lyonne
I would love to option 'Crying of Lot 49 and turn it into a movie.

I would love to option 'Crying of Lot 49 and turn it into a movie.

Natasha Lyonne
I will take the subway and look at certain women and think 'God, that woman's story will never be told. How come that lady doesn't get a movie about her?'

I will take the subway and look at certain women and think 'God, that woman's story will never be told. How come that lady doesn't get a movie about her?'

Natasha Lyonne
I was this kid who had been raised in New York, and now all of a sudden, my mother decided that she was a Jewish divorcee and therefore she should be living in Miami Beach.

I was this kid who had been raised in New York, and now all of a sudden, my mother decided that she was a Jewish divorcee and therefore she should be living in Miami Beach.

Natasha Lyonne
I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.

I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.

Natasha Lyonne
I often think my boyfriend is going to leave me just from seeing how I talk to the dog. But you know, when you are talking to your dog, you are accessing this softer side of you. Everything else melts away.

I often think my boyfriend is going to leave me just from seeing how I talk to the dog. But you know, when you are talking to your dog, you are accessing this softer side of you. Everything else melts away.

Natasha Lyonne
I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'

I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'

Natasha Lyonne
I just never get into trouble. It's not my thing.

I just never get into trouble. It's not my thing.

Natasha Lyonne
I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.

I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.

Natasha Lyonne
I have a television, but it's not connected to anything. I watch everything on my computer.

I have a television, but it's not connected to anything. I watch everything on my computer.

Natasha Lyonne
I have a pretty fancy facialist, this woman Dale Breault. Getting older, it's a good thing to have a serious facialist.

I have a pretty fancy facialist, this woman Dale Breault. Getting older, it's a good thing to have a serious facialist.

Natasha Lyonne
I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.

I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.

Natasha Lyonne
I grew up in Manhattan, and I've always had all kinds of people around me. I've always had a very 'live and let live' point of view.

I grew up in Manhattan, and I've always had all kinds of people around me. I've always had a very 'live and let live' point of view.

Natasha Lyonne
I don't really feel like I need to be a teenager ever again.

I don't really feel like I need to be a teenager ever again.

Natasha Lyonne
I definitely would rather take a nap than get angry.

I definitely would rather take a nap than get angry.

Natasha Lyonne
I am a hooker with a heart of gold.

I am a hooker with a heart of gold.

Natasha Lyonne
I always see the absurdity in most situations. It's my experience of how life works.

I always see the absurdity in most situations. It's my experience of how life works.

Natasha Lyonne
I adore Eddie Kaye Thomas and Jason Biggs. Eddie was the only one who called me when they were doing 'American Reunion' and told me, 'You need to do this.'

I adore Eddie Kaye Thomas and Jason Biggs. Eddie was the only one who called me when they were doing 'American Reunion' and told me, 'You need to do this.'

Natasha Lyonne
Existence itself is disconcerting and disorienting.

Existence itself is disconcerting and disorienting.

Natasha Lyonne
Beauty was never really my trip. Maybe those roles are attracted to me?

Beauty was never really my trip. Maybe those roles are attracted to me?

Natasha Lyonne
As wild as I was, when the cops show up, and suddenly you're being handcuffed, it's so deeply shocking and terrifying, the loss of freedom.

As wild as I was, when the cops show up, and suddenly you're being handcuffed, it's so deeply shocking and terrifying, the loss of freedom.

Natasha Lyonne
As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.

As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.

Natasha Lyonne
As a rule people don't think other people on drugs are funny. They think they are tragic. They have a point, but I still had the funny.

As a rule people don't think other people on drugs are funny. They think they are tragic. They have a point, but I still had the funny.

Natasha Lyonne

Anormal day looks like, you know, shower, put on the same jeans, the same tattered Gucci loafers I got at the thrift store, white socks, and my t-shirt and my very beat-up Helmut Lang blazer. Im in the exact same outfit every day.

Natasha Lyonne

As a New Yorker, or wherever I am, I just want to know I can get our of the house in five minutes if I have to and not have to spend a bunch of time obsessing in the mirror, trying on a million different options. Now, I just know what works.

Natasha Lyonne

I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves, so I’m definitely well-versed on what goes on in the mind and the heart of a person who self-destructs as their coping mechanism, and also what they’re like when you take their preferred substance away.

Natasha Lyonne

I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or just been one. I certainly liked entertaining people and making jokes, but I don't know necessarily if that's what your child is prone to that you should necessarily put them in a real working industry at six years old.

Natasha Lyonne

If I was a bajillionaire, I would spend a lot of time at Barneys just buying all kinds of great things all the time. I would have so many black cashmeres it would be out of control. I like the way nice things feel very much.

Natasha Lyonne

The thing about curly hair is that it's a toss-up. Some days you can let it air dry and it's better than a hair-do, but some days you just look like a sloppy person. I'm really resistant to a trim. I only do it when it gets hard to brush out in the shower, then I'll submit, begrudgingly.

Natasha Lyonne

There are beauty icons that I can never be like, sorta like a Gena Rowlands - I'll never have that look. I love Giulietta Masina, the great Fellini actress. But I'm probably more Seymour Cassel. Or somewhere between Lou Reed and Nora Ephron?

Natasha Lyonne

There's a great Albert Camus quote: 'The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.' When I first re-emerged, I was embarrassed to walk down the street. People would come up and say, 'I heard you were dead!' But I had to remind myself that a lot of the stuff I went through was pretty brutal. I'm definitely thankful that some of the rough patches are behind me.

Natasha Lyonne

Ultimately, I think people are so hopeful for having some joy in life that is really hard to find. You can't make a living, and the idea of doing one small bank robbery or something, just trying to find your way in a life, finding your footing and ending up behind bars.

Natasha Lyonne

What I like to do is to give my real name in Starbucks but be really hostile each time, as if they're asking me something that I've never heard in my life. I give them a really dirty look, "Really? It's Natasha. Okay?" Like I've never been to Starbucks before. Each time. I enter the premises looking for combat.

Natasha Lyonne

When I was a young person working, everybody was older than me, so I had to kind of keep up. I'd see every movie and listen to everything played, and read all the relevant books. Being an actor, it's kind of your job to know what came before you and how big your feelings are allowed to be.

Natasha Lyonne