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Quotes by Actress

"I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive."

"I talk to women's groups all over the country and see women struggling with this. The fear of not being accepted, of being different, of not having a man, all make it hard for a woman to do what she really believes is right for her."


"I was really glad to meet Jane Clark because it did give me an insight. I couldn't imagine what kind of woman she was. I was hugely impressed by her energy, straightforward nature and enthusiasm for life."

"I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics."

"Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous! - but in my earlier years, I couldn't afford to do this."

"I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted."

"You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy."

"My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films."

"What happens is that the system builds many inferior blood vessels in the eye to take the place of the vessels that are dying. And those blood vessels are not up to the task. And they bleed. They hemorrhage and they cover the eye inside with blood."

"I always performed when I was a child. My parents got very annoyed, because my brother and I had our little bedrooms upstairs, and I would plaster the house with posters with arrows pointing upstairs."


"I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play."

"We were always surrounded by people who knew us very well and cared about us."

"I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we think of boys as being: hard to pin down and wary of commitment."

"It took me a year to really learn the American lingo. I really feel for people who are coming here and don't speak English at all. It must be hell."

"Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes."

"I love to cook. I make an award-winning turkey chili."

"I have written some songs, but I would really call what I've done poetry at the end of the day, because I'll sit with my guitar for hours and hours on end for, like, a week and then I won't touch it for a month. I also just have no confidence. And you know what? I don't have time, because I'd rather be doing other things, like knitting."

"People tend to think they know you when u come into their tv's every week. They think you are different than who you are. Don't believe everything u here."

"It's funny, my girlfriends think that because I am married to a fashion designer, I get all these great tips and hints about great fashion, but it's not like that at all. He never tells me what to wear."
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