June Squibb

“New York, oh my God, in my early 20s. I felt, this is home, this is really where I belong.”

“נולדתי וגדלתי בוונדליה, אילינוי, עיירה קטנה של כ־6,000 תושבים. זו הייתה מדינה חקלאית, וזה היה מושב המחוז הקטן.”

“אני אוספת את מה שאני יודעת שאני רוצה לקרוא, ויש לי מדפי ספרים מסוימים בחדר השינה שלי שמכילים את כל הספרים שעדיין לא קראתי.”

“אף פעם לא חשבתי: 'אני רוצה להיות שחקנית'. זה תמיד היה: 'אני כזאת'.”

“I've been involved in all the different awards shows. Apparently, what I wear becomes important.”

“I was born and grew up in Vandalia, Illinois, a small town of about 6,000. It was farm country, and this was the little county seat.”

“I am an avid reader.”

“To make money in New York, you have to add gigs when starting out, so while I was acting quite a bit, I would do modeling.”

“My whole thing is, I collect what I know I want to read, and I have certain bookshelves in my bedroom that contain all the books I haven't read yet.”

“I always made a decent living.”

“The thing I always thought of myself as was an actress. I never thought: 'I want to be.' It was always: 'I am.'”

“I had three influential teachers. The first was Uta Hagen. The second two, Bobby Lewis and my late husband, Charles Kakatsakis, were both from the Actors Studio.”

“I loved New York. I made enough money and studied acting with Kenneth McMillan, which was my first formal training.”