Occupation: Actress Birth: December 14, 1946 Death: March 29, 2016
I was just sort of moving through time..
I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up.
I know that without treatment I would not have never been able to harness my creativity in such a successful way..
I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll.
We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie..
My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle..
The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven ….
I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future.
Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone..
Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called life..
From the moment we walk out the door until we come back home our sensibilities are so assaulted by the world that we have to soak up as much love as ….
I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty Duke Show. I would go to bed at about 10 o'clock on a Friday night and no….
If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient.
I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks.
We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy..
Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them..
When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger day….
I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.
I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination.
The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you might die. This poor doctor was talking to an actress. It was very dramatic to….
I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker.