Celebrity status for me came slowly. I wasn't an overnight sensation. I had time to prepare emotionally. — 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
My cousin, Rip Torn, persuaded me not to change my name. You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success. — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
My daughter is far more talented than me in the songwriting department - far more. — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
For me, I never really wanted to be in a 'Sissy Spacek' vehicle. That was not my intention. I got to be… — 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
