In every movie, there's always some physical thing that triggers the character for me. In 'The Long Walk Home,' it was the girdle. Every time I'd put that girdle on, I'd feel my character wiggle to life. — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
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… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
One day, it just dawned on me that I'm from Texas, and that's what I am. — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
Just about every town in Texas has a beauty pageant. Ours was called The Dogwood Fiesta. I was in one of those. I played… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
Jingle taps on the majorette boots were an important part of a little girl growing up in the South. — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
I feel like if I don't get a film and somebody else does, then that film never belonged to me. The ones I get… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
Film is an amazing art form, but so is life. When your career and your life can work together, and one can support the… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
You get angry and frustrated wondering, 'Are there enough parts for women?' — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
I studied homeopathy for years and years. Herbs and all kinds of acupuncture, acupressure, alternative medicine. I think it's just better to treat the… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
I think that we all fantasize about that teeny tiny time in the film industry when women ruled, back in the '40s. — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
Texas is just so rich with characters. Women who live alone in a little house on a thousand acres with nothing but cattle and… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
I think the movie business, you meet people, and you work intensely with them, and you have these relationships - there's an intimacy to… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
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… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
