Linda Quotes

Just because someone isn't working at an office doesn't mean they're not working hard at something.

I'm trying not to put pressure on myself to decide what to do at this moment, and just sort of go with what's happening.

I think you have to have a little bit of a screw loose to think that you can [become an actor] because the odds are so against you. I was just crazy enough to think I could do it.

People who have no idea it's me when they first see me playing something, and later they realize, 'That's her from whatever it is,' it's a great compliment that they can forget.

One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever roles are out there that people are willing to give to you.

I think some of the most important things we read about other people occurs from being able to read their faces and their eyes and their body and those kinds of things.

Everything seems to take on a new meaning when you become a parent and you put yourself in the shoes of the parent, not the shoes of the child.

I think everyone feels lost at times during their high school years.

I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work.

I enjoy playing characters where I get to sort of change my look, my voice. It's not about what she wears, it's about what she's got inside.

Before I could talk, I would try to sing.

There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode.

When I was a kid, 'Scooby Doo' was, hands down, my favorite cartoon. Even when I was older, when I was in college studying and I needed to tune out for a while, I'd watch 'Scooby Doo.

I love to work on a set whether it's mostly men or mostly women, but there's something about being in a community of women that changes the energy.

The one thing about being on 'ER' that has changed is that I'm more easily recognizable.

I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.

After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.

I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.

I have sort of the career where, if you are a fan, you've been following me for a while, and you really like something that I've done, so meeting those people is always a really gracious experience.

Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies.

The terrorists hide behind Allah.

From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.

The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target.

I love creating stories, dreaming up characters and breathing life into them. From several generations of Irish storytellers, I think that's what I was born to do.

Believe it or not, I even love the editing stage. It's something that apparently comes naturally to me.

The hardest part for me during the creation stage is actually putting words on paper that make sense and tell my story the way I see it. I sometimes feel I am slogging through quicksand when I write.

For so long I just let people surmise what they would about my life and my choices, and other people have written books and told tales.

Getting divorced was the right decision for me, but it's not the right decision for everyone else.

I've never been attracted to women sexually and I wanted romance.

It's so important to just be kind to one another because we aren't walking in that other person's shoes.

I think you get one great love in your life like that, if you're lucky enough, where you hold nothing back. And I'm not saying that's the healthiest way to love either.

I think that happens to a lot of people who find themselves thrust into the spotlight and becoming famous before they recognize what's happening to them. Life becomes a little distorted for them.

It's a disservice, really, when we put celebrated people on a pedestal and don't allow them to be human. It's a very lonely experience for the individual. It's not a sustainable way to live.

I grew up very conservatively and traditionally. I wanted to save myself for marriage.

When I was with Elvis, I used to remind myself there's Elvis on the marquee and then there's the living, breathing Elvis.

I call myself out on my mistakes, but in telling the truth, sometimes it stings a little.

And as such, we need to be empathetic and understanding.

Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances.

I want to be a woman of focus. I don't want to live by default, but by design.

Sadly, God mentions no crowned nags in Proverbs.

Pitching was about fooling people, manipulating them, making them believe in something that ultimately wasn't there. Great pitching was great lying.

The whole town looks as if it had been left out in the rain too long and by mistake.

Change, like youth, is purely wasted on the young.

Presumably a movement is more polite than a revolution, and a lot slower.

Putting people in a room and strapping wires to their wrist to find out if I make them tingle when I'm telling them about Beirut is a long way from Edward R. Murrow.

Dreck is dreck and no amount of fancy polish is going to make it anything else.

How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I already know, or knew, once.

We don't vogue, we are 'Vogue'.

I know that sometimes the chemistry just isn't there between the model, photographer, hair and make-up. It's nobody's fault and you just have to do better next time.

When I work, it can be a 16-hour day.