For me to want to be an actor was an improbable idea. I wasn't beautiful or pretty in any conventional way. I wasn't an ingenue at 22. But I was always certain of it and certain of its power. I… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
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. — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
Everybody either wanted to take care of me or push me around, you know? I was teased a lot, sure I was, of course.… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
What's it like being opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger? For me? Are you kidding? Maybe if I'm lucky, come up to his navel! — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
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… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
I was always trying to make up for my size, to compensate. So to get people to take you seriously, you have to come… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
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… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
The world is what you make of it, friend. If it doesn’t fit, you make alterations. — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
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. — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
For me to want to be an actor was an improbable idea. I wasn't beautiful or pretty in any conventional way. I wasn't an… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
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,… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
I was a very determined kid. I couldn't imagine any other life for myself. This happens to kids who are different in any way.… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
