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 in myself.

The world is what you make of it, friend. If it doesn’t fit, you make alterations.

When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.

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.

I aspired to be extremely sophisticated.

What's it like being opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger? For me? Are you kidding? Maybe if I'm lucky, come up to his navel!

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.

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.

When I was 16, nobody else talked like me. Nobody else sounded like me.

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 hard to get into acting, what is it like for a woman to become a director?

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, but I like it.

I want to know the truth to set it free.

The efforts which we make to escape from our destiny only serve to lead us into it

Shall I count to ten and then ring a bell before I dive down between your legs?” Dustin teased and sent her a wicked smile.

He swallowed hard and looked deep into my eyes so intensely, I tried hard not to look away. I didn’t want him to see how mildly scared of him I was. I touched the hand in his lap and he answered.

The meaning of good and bad of better and worse is simply helping or hurting.

On Rafael Nadal: Every point he plays is like match point. That's why he's the champion right now.

Really now, I just can't seem to die... Where's the messy end I was promised?

Intelligence makes sincerity difficult.

Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. But some stand out as moments of beginning, in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries.

I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.