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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Penelope Ann Miller, sometimes credited as Penelope Miller, is an American actress. She began her career on Broadway in the 1985 original production of Biloxi Blues and received a Tony Award nomination for the 1989 revival of Our Town. She has starred in several major Hollywood films, particularly in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Biloxi Blues (1988), Big Top Pee-wee (1988), The Freshman (1990), Awakenings (1990), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Other People's Money (1991), Year of the Comet (1992), and Carlito's Way (1993), for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination. She returned to Broadway in the 1995 original stage production of On the Waterfront. Her other films include a starring role in The Relic (1997) and supporting roles in Chaplin (1992), Along Came a Spider (2001), and The Artist (2011).
I did not get Botox because you wouldn't see any expression in my face. Hopefully it has paid off.
I had a family, I had children, I got married. My ambition changed.
The thing is, you don't want to overact or be full of yourself.
Luckily because I had a family and children, my priorities changed. I mean, I'm very passionate about my work but I have other interests and other things that balance my life.
I'm just looking for a kind of project that will have a decent role and is something that I'll really enjoy doing. There are a lot more opportunities in television.
If there's something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television has become much higher quality.
Now I'm the go-to-girl for silent films.
I don't want to work all of the time.
The film business has changed so dramatically from when I started.
I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.
Now with tabloids and seeing people walking around in sweats pumping gas you're like, 'Okay, they're just like us.'
The whole point is to hook people and keep them interested.
Harvey Weinstein bought our film, and he's an animal. He's got us out there campaigning and everything because honestly it's a silent black-and-white film.
There are great characters on television.
Now I’m the go-to-girl for silent films.
If theres something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television has become much higher quality.