The best story about Berta is my audition. I think they wanted her to be the ethnic character. They asked me to come with an Eastern European accent. — Conchata Ferrell Copy Share Image
I've always had the laugh. It just happens. It used to embarrass my parents. — Conchata Ferrell Copy Share Image
We've never seen a really fashionable, smart, powerful fat woman on TV before. — Conchata Ferrell Copy Share Image
There's nothing so interesting as a steam roller that's about to be derailed. — Conchata Ferrell Copy Share Image
I was a hippie. I dropped in and out of everything. Then I found acting. It really grounded me. — Conchata Ferrell Copy Share Image
I wasn't a Deadhead, and I didn't follow a band around, but I definitely was an old hippie. — Conchata Ferrell Copy Share Image
There are a lot of fat women on TV. I know. I've made my living playing them. — Conchata Ferrell Copy Share Image
I was with Lanford Wilson in Philadelphia watching a play of his when the call came from Hollywood. 'Norman Lear wants to do 'Baltimore'… — Conchata Ferrell Copy Share Image
My family was disappointed when I named my child Samantha, but they named one of my cousins Rapunzel, and I just felt that was… — Conchata Ferrell Copy Share Image
I don't trip all over my ego. I don't mind being a second banana. — Conchata Ferrell Copy Share Image
