110 Quotes by Martha Plimpton

I’ve often said in the past that I thought MTV was sort of evil incarnate and signified the beginning of the end. And I don’t know if I’m entirely wrong about that, but they did sign my paychecks a year ago, so I guess I’m part of the problem.

It’s important to me if I’m having a good time than I feel like the work is better. The quality of it is better and my level of interest is higher.

See, I don’t watch reality television anymore. I watched a little bit of it for awhile, but I found it turned my soul into a black sludge, and I just did not find it healthy or good for me at all, because I would watch it and be disgusted, disgusted.

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

I hate those people who say ‘I don’t own a television’ – I own one and I watch it whenever I can.

I wasn’t paraded around for sale at all. My mother wasn’t into that.

You’ll notice my eyes have sort of glazed over.

It’s long been accepted as fact that the availability of family planning services saves lives. Where women have access to these services, children and families are healthier, and society at large benefits.

My mom and I used to listen to records, read, and take train rides across the country in the summer. It was a very chill life. She didn’t expose me to anything that was ahead of my development, but she expected me to adjust to her world – she did not expect to adjust to mine.