Sissy Spacek

If somebody wants to think of me as a movie star, that's fine, that's great. It sort of makes me giggle.

You get angry and frustrated wondering, 'Are there enough parts for women?'

I swore to my parents that no one would ever be able to buy me.

I'm not Meryl Streep. My God - she's the greatest actor that ever lived. It's sad that ordinary actors like me are compared to her.

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.

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

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

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 were reacting against. You'd die before you'd be bought.

I think the movie business, you meet people, and you work intensely with them, and you have these relationships - there's an intimacy to it and a familiarity to the relationship because you're having to let go of all your barriers so you can let people in and work with them.

I think the thread running through most midwives is the passion.

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.

That's what I love about acting and love and drama and art: that humanness we all share.