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> [I was saying to Paul Schrader that he missed the idealism and the passion of that era in Hollywood, but also in American life, that '60s sense of optimism and hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/i-was-saying-to-paul-schrader-that-he-missed-the-idealism-and-the/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

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## More by Margot Kidder

> [I'd had episodes before, but I swept them under the carpet. This time, I couldn't do that because everyone knew. I got on with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/i-d-had-episodes-before-but-i-swept-them-under-the-carpet-this-time-i/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [Just the dream of every aging has-been actress who slipped out in public is to work with a bunch of gay boys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/just-the-dream-of-every-aging-has-been-actress-who-slipped-out-in/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [They wanted Bridgette to be this extremely enigmatic character. Im about the least enigmatic person on the planet, so I just thought what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/they-wanted-bridgette-to-be-this-extremely-enigmatic-character-im/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [I was briefly bitter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/i-was-briefly-bitter/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [Being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were the worst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/being-pretty-crazy-while-being-chased-by-the-national-enquirer-is-not/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [It's no accident that all the awards are for smaller movies. When you have $100 million in the budget for a movie, there's something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/it-s-no-accident-that-all-the-awards-are-for-smaller-movies-when-you/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [The only movie that ever really scared me was The Exorcist,but even then, I was laughing part of the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/the-only-movie-that-ever-really-scared-me-was-the-exorcist-but-even/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [I wandered around not knowing what I was doing in The Great Waldo Pepper and feeling pretty lost, and they rightly cut my part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/i-wandered-around-not-knowing-what-i-was-doing-in-the-great-waldo/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [We didn't have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New York and I saw Bye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/we-didn-t-have-movies-in-this-little-mining-town-when-i-was-12-my-mom/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [When you finally end something like Superman and then find yourself world-famous, it's pretty weird, lemme tell ya. Fame is weird, is what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/when-you-finally-end-something-like-superman-and-then-find-yourself/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [Theres this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldnt be interested.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/theres-this-unspoken-club-where-you-say-to-each-other-oh-god-if-they/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [My pro-choice activism keeps me busy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/my-pro-choice-activism-keeps-me-busy/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [If you're gonna fall apart, do it in your own bedroom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/if-you-re-gonna-fall-apart-do-it-in-your-own-bedroom/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [The thing about all good horror movies is that the fans expect a couple of inside jokes. Maybe I'm supposed to be saying how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/the-thing-about-all-good-horror-movies-is-that-the-fans-expect-a/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

> [Acting's fun, but life's more important](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-kidder/acting-s-fun-but-life-s-more-important/)

[Margot Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-kidder/)

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