Sondra Locke Quotes

Sondra Locke

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 28, 1944

I never knew my father, which explains the Clint thing. He called himself Daddy... I loved it then, because it filled a great void.

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I am a romantic. I want to cry when I throw out my Christmas tree, and I have a lot of feelings about magic and fantasy.

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From the start of our relationship Clint told me that he wanted us always to be together and that he would take care of me forever. Clint repeatedly assured me that, regardless of whether we were married, everything he had was ours together.

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I'm not going to deny that knowing someone in high places can sometimes get the job done. That's the name of the game. A son or daughter of someone famous will get a break. But once they're in there, they're on their own.

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My starring in films with Clint didn't make me toast of the town. I became his appendage. Everything I did was in his shadow.

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Let my critics direct a movie if they think it's so easy!

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People have this fantasy that it's all just an easy ride if you know someone important. Well, it's not. I've known lots of people in this business - and it hasn't really done anything for me.

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Most movies are too brightly lit. I think that may come from a lot of directors having watched too much TV.

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I never had an acting lesson.

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From my earliest days as an actress, I had always been drawn to learning the director's job.

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I think that most films have too much music in them; it overwhelms an audience.

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I tend to be attracted to material that has a tough edge to it - darker material.

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It was never my fame - it was his fame. I was Clint's girl. I only stood to lose professionally.

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My biggest misfortune, my greatest regret, is that I wish I'd cut my time with Clint in half. I wouldn't say I wish I never had the relationship, but I wish I'd found a way - I'd understood who he was, where it would end - five or six years earlier so I could have gotten on with things.

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I love comedy that seems kind of a little bit absurd.

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I love fairy tales.

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Believe me, I have met so many people who absolutely have no reason to feel important, and they do!

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I'm a great collaborator. I really am. I will steal anyone's idea if it is a good one.

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If you were in Clint Eastwood movies, you were in the Clint Eastwood movie business. You weren't in the movie business. You weren't part of Hollywood. This became clear early on; people stopped calling. They automatically assumed I was working exclusively with Clint.

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When you're a director, the job itself forces you to take charge.

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