Martha Plimpton

I am not bored at all. I am not bored in the least.

— Martha Plimpton

I would almost rather be in debt constantly than work with horrible people that I hate.

— Martha Plimpton

We don't want to come off as pro-smoking. Even though we didn't smoke real cigarettes at all, you want to be careful…

— Martha Plimpton

I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to…

— Martha Plimpton

It's not so weird that four generations are living together under the same roof and trying to make it work. It's how…

— Martha Plimpton

It's an unusual situation for me to be working and making a living.

— Martha Plimpton

It's a very long and difficult schedule on a single-camera show.

— Martha Plimpton

At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.

— Martha Plimpton

It's long past time we started focusing on the solutions that actually keep women healthy, instead of using basic aspects of women's…

— Martha Plimpton

In the theater, as an actor, you're welcoming people into your house.

— Martha Plimpton

I've been doing old-people things since I was a child.

— Martha Plimpton

One comes to a decision based on what one wants, not based on what one doesn't want. Got it?

— Martha Plimpton

I hate those people who say 'I don't own a television' - I own one and I watch it whenever I can.

— Martha Plimpton

There are so many brilliant women on television right now.

— Martha Plimpton

Who owns your body? You or the state?

— Martha Plimpton

It's important to me if I'm having a good time than I feel like the work is better. The quality of it…

— Martha Plimpton

Very often a job will come along that speaks to the place you're in as a person at that very moment. And…

— Martha Plimpton

The '80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an…

— Martha Plimpton

There are an infinite number of ways to be moved in the theater.

— Martha Plimpton

My mom and I used to listen to records, read, and take train rides across the country in the summer. It was…

— Martha Plimpton

It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a…

— Martha Plimpton

Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like…

— Martha Plimpton

I don't pay attention to the ratings.

— Martha Plimpton

I watch things that are fun, or funny, or interesting.

— Martha Plimpton

Being nominated is the win. For me, being nominated is winning. It's just unbelievable.

— Martha Plimpton