Sondra Locke Quotes

Sondra Locke

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 28, 1944

Since everything in my life collapsed in '89, I was just determined that I wouldn't cave in. I wouldn't just go away or become a basket case. I knew the value of me as a person.

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The number one job of an actor is to be a character and never let the acting show.

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If I'm playing a real-life person, I would take notes, I think that's important. For instance, when I played Rosemary Clooney, I was lucky enough to meet her; thankfully, she was still with us. And I talked with her and read her book, so when it's a real person, I want to find out everything I can.

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Laszlo Kovacs was marvelous. He was very much in the same school as Bill Frake, who was, of course, a great cinematographer as well. They had a very similar style and similar sensibility.

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I think if more women had been directing when I was a child, I probably would have gone for directing first. But, as a child, all I wanted to do was make movies.

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I wanted people to know just who I am and what I'm all about and what actually happened. And to remind people that I had a life before Clint, and I intend to have one after.

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I believe in elves and giants. I believe that fairy tales are nothing more than news reports of what once happened.

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When the actor you're developing a rapport with is directing, you feel much more camaraderie about scenes, and you can relate in a much tighter way.

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Working on location is ideal because you enter the character and the story. Shooting at a studio near home, there's a certain split. But on location, you forget the real world, and when you come back to reality, just going to the market can be traumatic.

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I was determined not to be typecast.

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Noel Black, who directed 'Pretty Poison,' got me to play a film-making student in 'Cover Me Babe.' At least it wasn't another tomboy.

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I think of myself as an excellent actress with a lot to offer, but I'm not aggressive; I'm not ambitious. In fact, I'm anti-ambitious.

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I never worry about my next assignment, am never concerned when I'm out of work.

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