A biography for Sissy Spacekhasn’t been written yet.
“I actually never got in a play in school. My teacher said I never learned my lines.”
“I'm a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors.”
“That was the magical thing about the Seventies: artists ruled. Because films were relatively low-budget, nobody cared. We could just go off and work.”
“Nothing in life prepared me for the way I felt about being a mother. Until then, I sort of felt like a blank sheet of paper. I was always trying to second-guess myself, to be what others wanted me to be.”
“The name Sissy came because my brothers called me that.”
“I only learn from the people I work with.”
“Hollywood is like a piranha. They don't give you breathing room. You don't have time to let your career breathe.”
“I'm a fool for a brilliant filmmaker. And for someone who wants to try new things.”
“When I first met David Lynch, he was living in the stables of the American Film Institute... He'd work all night and have his crew lock him in during the day, and he'd sleep.”
“When I was a little kid, I used to spend a lot of time thinking about what I'd wish for if a magic fairy gave me three wishes. First, I wanted to be loved. Then, I wanted to be beautiful. And, finally, I'd wish for a million more wishes.”
“Fame sweeps you away. I had to go home every six months to remember who I am.”
“Some families can experience terrible tragedy and deal with it, and others not. I find those things fascinating.”
“The human condition is the human condition, and what we try to do is illuminate the human condition.”
“Most things in my life I had before leaving home. Values, support, great family. I was shaped at an early age. A musician playing guitar, I wanted to be a folk singer.”
“I go where the good work is being done.”
“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 write about Texas, New York, California and Virginia, and they're all important places in my repertoire.”
“I wanted to be Joni Mitchell.”
“There is a long tradition of pungent living in the South. It was wonderful to have that imprinted on me so early in life. I already had my core when I left my little town in Texas.”
“I am a woman of simple tastes.”