Diane Ladd

I lost many a role to actresses who couldn't do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.

If I can help one person in this world, then it's enough, and I've done my job.

If you try to talk about yourself honestly when you're an actor, you come off as stuck on yourself.

The big thrillers may make people aware of the violence in the society, and I guess that serves a purpose.

After all these years in the business, I really feel that actors are used. People treat actors worse than they treat children. It's always, 'Do me a favor,' it's always, 'Help me out,' it's always, 'You carry the load,' and then they don't want to admit what you've done.

I wanted to do 'Texas Trilogy' on stage. But it didn't do well in New York. In fact, it did very badly there, thanks to the critics. It was said that Preston Jones, the author, died of ulcer complications, but the truth was that the critics killed him.

What the advertisers are trying to do by eliminating residuals is the most appalling form of greed that I cry thinking about it.

We all have the same destiny. The difference is opening ourselves up to possibilities to joy, hope, and happiness along the way. Give yourself and others a chance to take advantage of what's out there and available.

Chemotherapy is such a hard, hard kiss. Anything we can do to alleviate its side effects should be intelligently explored with an open mind.

For 30 years, which I never talked about in Hollywood, I actually worked with doctors lecturing and doing some medical intuitive counseling both in a medical setting and for the community at large.

I had to force myself not to be overly protective because I had lost one child.

My personality just steps away, and I'm in direct connection when I'm on stage.