Sally Kirkland

“I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the language and the behavior. It's all a tour-de-force performance.”

“I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country.”

“In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy.”

“In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.”

“She was a genius, my mother.”

“A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer.”

“My point is that, over the years, I've taught five thousand people acting and lately I have a lot of energy on these kids, having the same break I had as a high school girl.”

“Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.”

“I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one.”

“I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book.”

“Our church has been legal since late 1960s. I've been involved since 1972. I was ordained in 1975.”

“I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage next month.”

“So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had dreams and they didn't allow anybody to take away their dreams.”

“When I was growing up watching Marilyn Monroe, I learned that you can be very beautiful, very glamorous and very vulnerable and not give up your soul just because you were a movie star.”

“I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what would keep you always in your innocence, no matter what the business did.”

“I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.”

“I suppose if I wanted to be the girl next door, I could have been. I think America is confused by someone who appears to be sexual and spiritual at the same time.”

“Probably what my comment meant was that I don't care about the circumstances if I can tell the truth.”

“I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.”

“I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.”