--- title: "1 Parents Felt Quotes By Linda Hunt" description: "1 Parents Felt quotes by Linda Hunt. Plus more from Linda Hunt and more Parents Felt sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/linda-hunt-32466_father_it-really-hit-home-that-my-parents-felt_1647906.png" --- > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/it-really-hit-home-that-my-parents-felt-as-though-they-didn-t-have-to/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/linda-hunt-32466_father_it-really-hit-home-that-my-parents-felt_1647906.png) ## More by Linda Hunt > [Everybody either wanted to take care of me or push me around, you know? I was teased a lot, sure I was, of course.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/everybody-either-wanted-to-take-care-of-me-or-push-me-around-you-know/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/people-are-always-casting-me-for-what-they-call-my-authority/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [What's it like being opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger? For me? Are you kidding? Maybe if I'm lucky, come up to his navel!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/what-s-it-like-being-opposite-arnold-schwarzenegger-for-me-are-you/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/for-a-while-i-thought-maybe-i-should-direct-until-i-got-to-new-york/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [I was always trying to make up for my size, to compensate. So to get people to take you seriously, you have to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/i-was-always-trying-to-make-up-for-my-size-to-compensate-so-to-get/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/i-think-people-have-always-liked-in-me-the-combination-of-being-the/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [The world is what you make of it, friend. If it doesn’t fit, you make alterations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/the-world-is-what-you-make-of-it-friend-if-it-doesn-t-fit-you-make/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/i-can-t-be-a-man-but-i-can-embrace-the-head-of-a-man-the-intelligence/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/for-me-to-want-to-be-an-actor-was-an-improbable-idea-i-wasn-t/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/it-really-hit-home-that-my-parents-felt-as-though-they-didn-t-have-to/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/when-i-was-growing-up-particularly-during-puberty-in-my-teen-years-i/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/i-was-a-very-determined-kid-i-couldn-t-imagine-any-other-life-for/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [I aspired to be extremely sophisticated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/i-aspired-to-be-extremely-sophisticated/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [When I was 16, nobody else talked like me. Nobody else sounded like me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/when-i-was-16-nobody-else-talked-like-me-nobody-else-sounded-like-me/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) > [I have a surfboard that says 'Linda Hunt Choice TV Actress: Action.' I am an action star! I don't know what that is about,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hunt/i-have-a-surfboard-that-says-linda-hunt-choice-tv-actress-action-i-am/) [Linda Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hunt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parents-felt/linda-hunt/#itemlist", "name": "1 Parents Felt Quotes By Linda Hunt", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It really hit home that my parents felt as though they didn't have to worry anymore. 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