Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Shue is an American actress, known for her roles in the films The Karate Kid (1984), Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Cocktail (1988), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990), Soap dish (1991), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), The Saint (1997), and Hollow Man (2000).

She has won several acting awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. She starred as Julie Fin lay in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from 2012 to 2015.

Date of birth:
6th October, 1963
"I don’t think ‘Cocktail’ was a perfect critical success, but it touched a vein in our culture."
― Elisabeth Shue
Topic(s): Success
"I want to be involved with young people in some way. Teenagers. Because that’s the most vulnerable time. I have a fantasy of becoming a teacher one day."
― Elisabeth Shue
Topic(s): Teacher
"Everyone at ‘CSI’ has been so great to work with, and so great in terms of scheduling. There’s a real feeling of family on that set… I’ve grown to have so much respect for the cast and crew – they’re been together so many years and still care about the show and each other."
― Elisabeth Shue
Topic(s): Respect
"Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals."
― Elisabeth Shue
Topic(s): Politics
"After three major movies, I was like, ‘Oh, I guess you’re supposed to get a publicist?’ Girls that are in the business now that are successful are more savvy."
― Elisabeth Shue
Topic(s): Movies
"People love to talk about how the ’70s are the only time they made movies about characters, and adult movies, and complicated people. But in the ’80s, they got away with some of those too."
― Elisabeth Shue
Topic(s): Movies
"My mom had started to go to work when I was nine or ten, so I was aware of women trying to find their own identities by working. But I was still influenced by men to such an extreme. I wanted to play their games and wanted to compete in their world and be like them."
― Elisabeth Shue
Topic(s): Mom
"I really love ‘Soapdish.’ I wish ‘Soapdish’ had more of a moment because I felt that that is a really strong, funny movie. Kevin Kline is hilarious in that movie."
― Elisabeth Shue
Topic(s): Funny
"Every film is a crapshoot. It’s a mystery when a movie comes together. I’ve never been able to figure it out. I don’t know how I make my choices. The only thing you can do is know there’s something about a character that you really want to experience."
― Elisabeth Shue
Topic(s): Experience
"Every experience makes you grow."
― Elisabeth Shue
Topic(s): Experience

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