Conchata Ferrell

“Nobody from Cane Fork ever got on television before.”

“It's a tradition in our family that the girls all be given crazy names, usually picked out of Gothic novels.”

“Susan Bloom is a combination of the super agent and the super lawyer.”

“I've even done a few student films over the years, because I believe in giving something back.”

“A couple of times I've gotten really angry because I was fat.”

“There's nothing so interesting as a steam roller that's about to be derailed.”

“Barbra Streisand did us all a great service when she didn't get her nose fixed.”

“I grew up in Appalachia, and I've seen people milk cows and slaughter pigs and plow with a big-footed horse. It's not like I was a city child.”

“There are a couple of things I would have liked to have done, but the producer or director couldn't stretch the concept to allow for my size. Whenever that happens, I just say, 'Deal with it, and try to get the weight off, and get on with your life.'”

“No diet but plan weight-watching works for me. I'm a voracious eater, that's all.”

“I'm a person who's meant to be heavy, but I need to take off 50 pounds. Blood pressure. I'm gonna try Weight Watchers.”

“I've never missed a single Christmas with my parents.”

“I was with Lanford Wilson in Philadelphia watching a play of his when the call came from Hollywood. 'Norman Lear wants to do 'Baltimore' on television,' Lanford said. 'What do you think?'”