There is always one person who gets under our skin, who knows our weak spots and neuroses and can’t help but go in for the kill. They are the people who wound us the most, because we care so much about what they think. For my mother, that person was PopPop. For me, that person is my mother.

— Selma Blair

Selma Blair Quotes

I used to wear a lot of red lipstick, and when I got a pimple, I’d cover it up with eyeliner to turn it into a beauty mark.

— Selma Blair

It’s fun to play mom. Last I knew I was playing a 17-year-old who graduated.

— Selma Blair

Fun

My sister, I have a sister who’s 12 years older, she was always the party girl, the outrageous one.

— Selma Blair

In high school I would mess with my hair and makeup all the time.

— Selma Blair

I’m one of those hovering mothers and I know it’s really important to have an independent child, so I’m trying to back off, but it’s hard. I love him so much, and he’s so funny and cute to me.

— Selma Blair

I went through a period of pulling away from everything – acting, people – not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business.

— Selma Blair

I’m open to anything. I would love to play someone completely off the wall.

— Selma Blair

I’m a working actress able to make choices based on characters rather than what I ‘should’ do for my career.

— Selma Blair

Part of me would love to have been a leading lady because there’s a lot of glamour that goes with that and a lot of applause, but I’ve been very blessed.

— Selma Blair

I think we all feel like misfits when we open our mouth sometimes, you know?

— Selma Blair

I think I’m more approachable with long hair. When it’s short, I come across as being artsy and weird.

— Selma Blair

I put my foot in my mouth every time I’m interviewed.

— Selma Blair

I have very little faith that I’ll ever find someone. I’ve had some bad luck and I’ve made some bad choices – not in men, but in how I’ve chosen to deal with relationships.

— Selma Blair

Someone once told me that grief is love you can no longer express.

— Selma Blair

The truth is, I am a person who is meant to stay home and read books, maybe have a nice dinner, and then put myself to bed. That is the life I’m built for. It’s all about the setting. When I’m out in public, it’s as if my system gets overwhelmed and instantaneously short-circuits. I turned the phoenix into ashes, by accident, in small ways, all the time.

— Selma Blair

There is always one person who gets under our skin, who knows our weak spots and neuroses and can’t help but go in for the kill. They are the people who wound us the most, because we care so much about what they think. For my mother, that person was PopPop. For me, that person is my mother.

— Selma Blair

Every person on this earth needs just one person who sees them and roots for them. Deeply, truly. One person. It’s what we all need to get through. The more the merrier but let’s start with one.

— Selma Blair

Didion again: “There’s a point where you go with what you’ve got. Or you don’t go.

— Selma Blair

We’re all in search of a story that explains who we are.

— Selma Blair

That’s life. It’ll blindside you, that thing you didn’t know about. Especially when it’s been there all along.

— Selma Blair

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