Explore Quotes by Sissy Spacek

With my coloring, I'm nothing in black and white. I've seen my films sometimes on black-and-white TV. Disaster.

I love a lot of the '70s musicians, like Bonnie Raitt. And I love Sheryl Crow. But probably my favorite musician is a woman by the name of Schuyler Fisk.

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.

Nature is really big and loud the farther south you get.

I feel like if I don't get a film and somebody else does, then that film never belonged to me. The ones I get belong to me.

There are stories you can tell on TV that can't be told in movies anymore.

My roots allow me to let go of the fear of failure.

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 wouldn't sell those New York actors short.

Film is an amazing art form, but so is life. When your career and your life can work together, and one can support the other, it's just great.

It's really nice when the studio is behind what you're doing, because that's often not the case.

It's really about the work - if you are doing it for the right reasons - really to illuminate the human condition.

My daughter is far more talented than me in the songwriting department - far more.

There's nothing like not washing your teeth or washing your face or brushing your teeth in the morning.

Junior and senior high school years were not a good time.

It's not seeing myself 40 feet tall on a movie screen - it's the work. That's what thrills me.

I actually never got in a play in school. My teacher said I never learned my lines.

I like horseback riding. I like to hike. I play guitar and sing.

Just about every town in Texas has a beauty pageant. Ours was called The Dogwood Fiesta. I was in one of those. I played the guitar and sang - and lost.

The important thing is to be part of a good project with good, talented people.

I think that no human gets away unscathed in this old life. We've all experienced loss and grief and pain and tragedy.