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Uma Thurman

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Uma Thurman is the kind of thinker who lets the words do the talking — and they talk volumes. The range of their thinking — from Mom to Teen — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Our collection holds 11 quotes from Uma Thurman, each offering a different angle on Mom, Teen, Romantic, Religion, and Relationship. One quote that captures their voice: "I don't feel famous."

“I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.”

— Uma Thurman

Funny

All Quotes by Uma Thurman

“I don't feel famous.”

— Uma Thurman

Famous

“I'm an actress and mom, and I probably don't have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don't know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they don't actually practise them.”

— Uma Thurman

Mom

“Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.”

— Uma Thurman

Business

“So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.”

— Uma Thurman

Amazing

“I'd like to classify my life as a romantic comedy. Unfortunately I feel it's probably more like a TV reality show.”

— Uma Thurman

Romantic

“I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.”

— Uma Thurman

Teen

“It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.”

— Uma Thurman

Relationship

“I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.”

— Uma Thurman

Funny

“When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don't practice or preach it, however.”

— Uma Thurman

Religion

“I've learned that every working mom is a superwoman.”

— Uma Thurman

Mom