I am a woman of simple tastes.
My cousin, Rip Torn, persuaded me not to change my name. You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success.
I've not had a mean life.
It's not seeing myself 40 feet tall on a movie screen - it's the work. That's what thrills me.
I swore to my parents that no one would ever be able to buy me.
There's a real danger in trying to stay king of the mountain. You stop taking risks, you stop being as creative, because you're trying to maintain a position. Apart from anything else that really takes the fun out of it.
I follow the roles.
I had no fear 'cause it seemed everyone in the audience always applauded whatever I did. Course, maybe it was because I always seemed to know everyone in the audience.
I'm a binge-watcher!
Everybody who loves me calls me Sissy, so I guess that's just who I am. When I'm 80, they'll still be calling me Sissy. Oh, well, I guess there are worse things.
I'm not paralyzed with fear, but I realize it is important to live as if there's no tomorrow, always trying to maintain your integrity and have no regrets.
I've always been a people-watcher, and as an actor, later, I just mined all those little details.
I loved growing up in a little town. I loved knowing people. I loved going to the store and running into people. I loved going into the store and having forgotten my bag, saying, 'Charge it, put it on my bill.' I loved going to the gas station and saying, 'Pete, fill it up.' I loved that continuity of life.
In every movie, there's always some physical thing that triggers the character for me. In 'The Long Walk Home,' it was the girdle. Every time I'd put that girdle on, I'd feel my character wiggle to life.
It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.
I'm a flower gardener.
I wanted to put all my family stories down for my girls, and I remember everything so vividly. I just wanted to put everything down while I still can remember it all.
Some families can experience terrible tragedy and deal with it, and others not. I find those things fascinating.
I've done some of my best work in films that fell right through the cracks, so I try to not make career moves but to build a body of work.
I need to fill myself up with real life. That's kind of the well I draw from.