Best 15 quotes of Rosanna Arquette on MyQuotes

Art is such an important part of our culture.

Criticism really used to hurt me. Most of these critics are usually frustrated artists, and they criticise other people's art because they can't do it themselves. It's a really disgusting job. They must feel horrible inside

Fortunately, we have a lot of really smart women in the business.

I do resent that when you're in the most cool, powerful time of your life, which is your 40s, you're put out to pasture. I think women are so much cooler when they're older. So it's a drag that we're not allowed to age

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me

In Hollywood there are a lot of very insecure men running the business.

I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there-that's true in any of the arts.

It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women

It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality.

It's so hard to keep everything balanced in life.

I was in Florida with Burt Stern, the photographer who shot Marilyn Monroe on the beach with a sweater, and we smoked a joint. The bathing suit kept coming off in the water, and I just ripped it off. I was very comfortable being naked

Look, it's to the point where kids are getting Botox. It's insane. We're not allowed to age

Most true artists care about music as a pure, passionate art form, but can get caught in the trap of the business. Which, sadly, has now become more important than the artist or even the music itself.

Music used to change people's minds - and it still changes mine.

There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there.