Top 47 Quotes & Sayings by Jennifer Grey

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Jennifer Grey.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Jennifer Grey

Jennifer Grey is an American actress. She made her acting debut with the film Reckless (1984), and had her breakthrough with the teen comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). She subsequently earned worldwide fame for starring as Frances "Baby" Houseman in the romantic drama film Dirty Dancing (1987), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. Her other feature films include Red Dawn (1984), The Cotton Club (1984), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989), Bounce (2000), Redbelt (2008), The Wind Rises (2013), In Your Eyes (2014), Duck Duck Goose (2018), and Bittersweet Symphony (2019).

I don't remember ever not knowing about acting.
The cancer I had is not at all equal to other people's cancer. I've never had to have chemotherapy; I haven't had to have a mastectomy.
The idea that I can touch anybody's life in any way is perfect. — © Jennifer Grey
The idea that I can touch anybody's life in any way is perfect.
I would love to work with my dad! We've never done anything live together. I'm always open to working with talented people, and I think my dad certainly qualifies.
I was raised on Broadway because of my dad, but I never thought I had what it took to make it there, although I always wanted to.
If you try to hold on to something you don't have anymore, you can't be happy in the moment.
My father taught me you have to believe in yourself and run on your own track.
I'd had a really bad car accident years ago, and basically, the ligaments in the back of my neck were ripped, and I'd never addressed that.
There are millions of Americans who are suffering from chronic pain.
I'm ticking things off my list: I had a tumor removed; I had spinal surgery; I had four surgeries in three months.
I basically walked around with a goiter for four years because I was so afraid of surgery.
Ageing is inevitable, and the idea that we can be eternally youthful is the pitfall of our society.
I think relationships are really hard. Each one gives you lessons that you need. — © Jennifer Grey
I think relationships are really hard. Each one gives you lessons that you need.
When I try to be perfect, it makes me not have fun.
I don't like to complain.
Dance is the only thing that makes me feel good.
I wish anytime I went into a nice restaurant and asked for a table, they said, 'Well I'm sure you don't want one in the corner.'
I went to dance class as a girl because I didn't like sports, but I never did a dance recital in my life. Never, ever, ever. I felt comfortable dancing, and I was happiest dancing, but I was never the best person in the class.
I'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognises because of a nose job.
It's like dance is a metaphor for going beyond where you think you can go.
It's very hard to balance being there for somebody else and taking care of yourself.
I was too Jewish for 'Flashdance.'
Skinny Cow ice cream and candy - like dancing - brings a little bit of fun to your day.
I just don't get that new hot music. I don't know anything about all these groups like U2.
If my dancing is a disaster - it doesn't define me as a person.
You have to know me first to think I'm pretty.
Anyone who thinks I'm a plastic-surgery freak is insane.
Unfortunately, the people I end up seeing the least are my girlfriends.
The only time I've ever danced every day was during 'Dancing with the Stars' and in the two-week rehearsal for 'Dirty Dancing,' and that was only to do a particular dance.
I've always been a defiant little animal - always very much my own person.
I hope that I'll be able to have kids with a mate. But I don't know if that's in the plan.
I had intelligent, high-minded, liberal parents who wanted to make sure my values were just like theirs. — © Jennifer Grey
I had intelligent, high-minded, liberal parents who wanted to make sure my values were just like theirs.
I have sung, but I haven't sung in any way that I would ever call myself 'a singer.'
I have been suffering for so long and didn't even recognize it. I just stopped doing so many things that I used to love to do due to my pain.
When my body and face were perfect as far as youth, I wasn't happy.
Give yourself pleasure; see your friends; go to the movies.
I will always have pain. But I exercise as much as I can, and I find that makes a huge difference. And if my body does seize up, I have a pain plan in place. If it escalates, I go back to my doctor.
I have a plate on my neck. I had my neck fused.
I found out my husband can cook!
Practically everyone in Hollywood has a neighbor who's been famous, wants to be famous, is famous, has been married to someone famous, worked with someone famous, slept with someone famous, been blackmailed by someone famous.
Chronic pain can be very lonely. It can have a shame-based quality.
When you're in a relationship you really care about, you want to protect it and not talk about it. — © Jennifer Grey
When you're in a relationship you really care about, you want to protect it and not talk about it.
I wasn't a dancer learning to play Baby Houseman. I was Baby Houseman learning to play a dancer. I was someone who'd never done any Latin dance. I'd taken jazz classes and ballet growing up in New York, so I had dance in me, and I knew I loved it, but I'd never done a dance audition.
I would love to do a little ballroom dancing with my husband... He and I can take a couple classes together. It would be a lot of fun!
That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me ‘Baby,’ and it didn't occur to me to mind.
Practically everyone in Hollywood has a neighbor whos been famous, wants to be famous, is famous, has been married to someone famous, worked with someone famous, slept with someone famous, been blackmailed by someone famous.
I'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognizes... because of a nose job.
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