I had no fear 'cause it seemed everyone in the audience always applauded whatever I did. Course, maybe it was because I always seemed to know everyone in the audience.
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 New York, though. If you've lived in a place and loved it, you never feel like you left it.
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 appeals to me for its redeeming social value.
You don't forget the movies, but you forget the details of them.
If I hadn't left Texas, I might not have met the director Terrence Malick, and I wouldn't have met my husband and I wouldn't have had the children that I've had. Life is interesting like that.
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.
The name Sissy came because my brothers called me that.
I've always been a people-watcher, and as an actor, later, I just mined all those little details.
I'm a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors.
There have been several television movies, 'Carrie 2,' two musicals! I remember thinking, the first time there was a musical on Broadway, 'Oh my gosh! The people who ordinarily go to the theaters, that's not really the audience.'
I think that no human gets away unscathed in this old life. We've all experienced loss and grief and pain and tragedy.
I love the women I've played.
I connect with just plain old everyday people. Human behavior fascinates me, the people who are the nuts and bolts of this country who help hold up the world.
The important thing is to be part of a good project with good, talented people.
I go where the good work is being done.
I like horseback riding. I like to hike. I play guitar and sing.
Music is my thing. In fact, that's what I wanted to do. I thought of myself as a musician. I had never thought about acting.
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.
It's not seeing myself 40 feet tall on a movie screen - it's the work. That's what thrills me.
I need to fill myself up with real life. That's kind of the well I draw from.
