Sondra Locke

“Since everything in my life collapsed in '89, I was just determined that I wouldn't cave in. I wouldn't just go away or become a basket case. I knew the value of me as a person.”

“I am a romantic. I want to cry when I throw out my Christmas tree, and I have a lot of feelings about magic and fantasy.”

“I tend to be attracted to material that has a tough edge to it - darker material.”

“I was determined not to be typecast.”

“I never worry about my next assignment, am never concerned when I'm out of work.”

“From the start of our relationship Clint told me that he wanted us always to be together and that he would take care of me forever. Clint repeatedly assured me that, regardless of whether we were married, everything he had was ours together.”

“I'm not going to deny that knowing someone in high places can sometimes get the job done. That's the name of the game. A son or daughter of someone famous will get a break. But once they're in there, they're on their own.”

“I never had an acting lesson.”

“Most movies are too brightly lit. I think that may come from a lot of directors having watched too much TV.”

“From my earliest days as an actress, I had always been drawn to learning the director's job.”

“I think of myself as an excellent actress with a lot to offer, but I'm not aggressive; I'm not ambitious. In fact, I'm anti-ambitious.”

“I love fairy tales.”

“My biggest misfortune, my greatest regret, is that I wish I'd cut my time with Clint in half. I wouldn't say I wish I never had the relationship, but I wish I'd found a way - I'd understood who he was, where it would end - five or six years earlier so I could have gotten on with things.”

“I believe in elves and giants. I believe that fairy tales are nothing more than news reports of what once happened.”