192 Quotes by Holly Hunter

I got the Mr. Incredible mold - the 3D, you know - it's cool.

What's great about cable is that the ceiling of expectation is lowered because fewer people have to tune in for it to be a success. You don't need 23 million people a week like you do in broadcast.

Even very ordinary people, upon closer examination, can often look extraordinary.

I like to do research. It gives me a sense of ownership. That's very powerful for me as an actor to just own it.

My career has never really been a vertical kind of thing. I mean, it's always been a bit difficult for me.

I can very much enjoy taking a year off. Whereas some people would feel crippled by that, I can feel enlarged by it.

I remember that when I was in my 30s, a hot age for an actress, lots of offers were coming in, but nothing was great, and I didn't work for 18 months. It was at a really fruitful age, and I wanted to work. There was nothing coming down the pipeline that I thought was good - and then I got 'The Piano.'

I'm a leading lady character actor; I don't fit in one slot simply. I've always been used to a certain amount of struggle, and that prepared me wonderfully for a mature age.

Sometimes it's very difficult to do a movie that's good and then have that movie make it to the light of day.