A biography for Conchata Ferrellhasn’t been written yet.
“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?'”