Jennifer Connelly Biography

"I began working when I hadn't yet come into my own, when I was this walking puppet. Some of the movies I did. . . I look back and cringe. For better or for worse, I feel responsible now. In 'Requiem for a Dream', I'm a heroin addict, and I thought it was being made for a reason--it wasn't about shock value. It has something to say about hunger and a void."

"As an older actress, you're allowed to be a human being. As a young actress, you're the girlfriend or the friend of the guy or the one who has the good figure."

"A love scene is really just like any other scene besides the physical involvement and the awkwardness and wondering where you should put a certain body part."