I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the intelligence of a man, the spirit of a man.

The world is what you make of it, friend. If it doesn’t fit, you make alterations.

When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.

I think people have always liked in me the combination of being the underdog because I'm a tiny woman but I have enormous authority in myself.

I aspired to be extremely sophisticated.

What's it like being opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger? For me? Are you kidding? Maybe if I'm lucky, come up to his navel!

It really hit home that my parents felt as though they didn't have to worry anymore. They realized if you could win an Oscar, that was a good sign.

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.

When I was 16, nobody else talked like me. Nobody else sounded like me.

For a while, I thought, maybe I should direct, until I got to New York and saw the stupidity of that idea. If it's hard to get into acting, what is it like for a woman to become a director?

I have a surfboard that says 'Linda Hunt Choice TV Actress: Action.' I am an action star! I don't know what that is about, but I like it.

All have some artificial badge which the world, and themselves among the first, learn to consider as a genuine characteristic.

Stories carry things. A lesson or moral. Information or a take-home message.

If you feel like you want to die, it's time to sit down and make a list of all the things you haven't done yet.

For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?

My family were staunch believers in physical violence, not automatic violence, and we had a Safeway around the corner, so we never really needed to kill anything.

If I have to climb to heaven on a ladder, I shall decline the invitation.

I think that I'm very passionate, and I know that if I decide to do a film, my character is going to take over my life.

Many people who say they have financial problems really mean that they want more than they need.

I'm not really this rock'n'roll chick.

I usually get myself into situations that cause sparks. I mean I'm a girl that likes the storms. I love feeling alive, I love walking out in the cold in my bare feet and feeling the ice on my toes.