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" New York gets under your skin, and I think once you've fallen in love with New York, you take that with you. I love New York. "

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" I just make films that attract me. "

" When I started out in independent films in the early '70s, we did everything for the love of art. It wasn't about money and stardom. That was what we were reacting against. You'd die before you'd be bought. "

" You know, I don't know what the future will bring, but I'm ready for whatever comes! "

" 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. "

" There are stories you can tell on TV that can't be told in movies anymore. "

" I actually never got in a play in school. My teacher said I never learned my lines. "

" My children came along at a perfect time in my life. My career was soaring, and they didn't care who I thought I was. They just wanted to eat. It brought me down to earth. "

" My biggest thrill in life is to read in the afternoon until I fall asleep and take a nap. "

" I don't like to do something just to prove I can do it. "

" 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. "

" It's difficult to just let go of a character. Especially after you've been preparing and researching for weeks. "

" There have been several television movies, 'Carrie 2,' two musicals! I remember thinking, the first time there was a musical on Broadway, 'Oh my gosh! The people who ordinarily go to the theaters, that's not really the audience.' "

" I love a lot of the '70s musicians, like Bonnie Raitt. And I love Sheryl Crow. But probably my favorite musician is a woman by the name of Schuyler Fisk. "

" Junior and senior high school years were not a good time. "

" I think giving up people is a difficult thing. "

" I like to do films that I would want to go see, basically. I'm not out to make a fast buck. "

" 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'm a binge-watcher! "

" My cousin, Rip Torn, persuaded me not to change my name. You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success. "

" One day, it just dawned on me that I'm from Texas, and that's what I am. "

" I live a very wonderful life centered in my home and community. We're real involved with the school. "

" For me, life is a bowl of cherries. "

" I am a woman of simple tastes. "

" That's what I love about acting and love and drama and art: that humanness we all share. "

" Hollywood is a film industry, a film business. I don't approach my career in that way. I see it as 'art,' and I become involved in films that ring my bell. "

" Our life is our life. If we waste it, we're fools. "

" There are classic horror films that, if you are a human being in this world, you have to have seen. They've become a part of our culture. "

" I connect with just plain old everyday people. Human behavior fascinates me, the people who are the nuts and bolts of this country who help hold up the world. "

" Music is my thing. In fact, that's what I wanted to do. I thought of myself as a musician. I had never thought about acting. "

" I write about Texas, New York, California and Virginia, and they're all important places in my repertoire. "