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….

But you finally think, there is what there is, and you have to work within those confines and just keep chipping away at your own work..

Fame sweeps you away. I had to go home every six months to remember who I am..

I had a dozen years to act before starting a family then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that a….

My parents were devoted. Civic minded. We had family counsels. Three of us children against two of them. We lived a 'Leave It to Beaver' time..

You relate to a character and you find that character within yourself. It's all parts of me. I don't leave characters behind. I just let them go..

I wanted to put all my family stories down for my girls, and I remember everything so vividly. I just wanted to put everything down while I still can….

The name Sissy came because my brothers called me that..

I lived an idyllic 'Huckleberry Finn' life in a tiny town. Climbing trees. Tagging after brothers. Happy. Barefoot on my pony. It was 'To Kill a Mock….

Our perception of celebrities in Hollywood is not the reality. The reality of our lives is so much like everyone else's life. We have family members ….

I may be ignorant but I ain't stupid!.

You know, I don’t know what the future will bring, but I’m ready for whatever comes!.

I didn't worry about leaving the fast lane - I was just so consumed with my baby that it seemed like the right thing to do. I never felt like I left ….

Texas is just so rich with characters. Women who live alone in a little house on a thousand acres with nothing but cattle and a pickup truck. And an ….

There's a real danger in trying to stay king of the mountain. You stop taking risks, you stop being as creative, because you're trying to maintain a ….

I was always proud about being from Texas and, you know, maybe that was part of fearlessness. I love the fact that Texas is so big, but you don't fee….

You know, your career is just your career; your life is your life!.

I listened to that voice inside me-... Everyone has an inner voice; you just have to listen to it and trust it in order to be led by it. I did that, ….

When I'm pushing myself, testing myself, that's when I'm happiest. That's when the rewards are greatest..

When I started out in independent films in the early 70s, we did everything for the love of art. It wasn't about money and stardom. That was what we ….

Banana Splits for Breakfast. I think I ate about five..