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
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
