Trieste Kelly Dunn Quotes

I definitely want to continue working in independent films – and big budget stuff as well – but there’s a freedom you have when you’re not getting paid. It’s easier to say no and there’s no pressure to please the powers that be. Also I don’t have to hear ‘flirt and smile more.’

I love wearing the uniform.

As a female, you are often being asked by directors to be warmer, softer, flirt more, smile more etc… None of those things are bad, and obviously we are capable of a variety of human behavior, but it gets really old having to play into somebody’s stereotype or ideal.

‘Banshee’ was interesting because it was on cable, and it didn’t have commercial breaks, so it read like a movie. Not only because of that, but it was a pretty interesting style, and I hadn’t read a show like this.

I like relationships on TV between men and women, when they’re not just flirtatious and sexual.

Thank God for small movies and filmmakers who can make movies for not $8 million. Thank God for $8,000 movies.

I’ve learned that guns are exceptionally challenging to use effectively, with a power that must be respected. But mostly what I’ve learned is that they’re a lot of fun, and dangerously appealing to an active imagination.

While actors play with guns for make-believe, the guns themselves are by no means make-believe; they’re real. Even when the actor is using blanks, there are all kinds of safety protocols to follow when shooting one at someone. Pulling the trigger is the easy part.

I think if a personal connection seems far off, I have to work and find a way to bring it closer to me, or I don’t feel grounded.