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- “I rather like the idea of death.” — poet Stevie Smith
- “I didn’t think then, and I still don’t, that I was actually sick.” — Frances Farmer
- “I think I’m a character actress in a leading lady’s body, but the industry doesn’t really see me that way.” — Sanaa Lathan
- “I’ve been very lucky, considering what I look like and what I do.” — James Gandolfini
- “I never said, ‘I want to be alone.’ I only said, ‘I want to be left alone.’ There is all the difference.” — Greta Garbo
- It’s the birthday of Irish poet Mícheál Ó hAirtnéide (Michael Hartnett)
- “I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin’ like myself.” — Hank Williams
- Happy Birthday, William Carlos Williams: “My whole life / has hung too long upon a partial victory.”
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#tbt At the age of 10, I dressed like …
… a Times Square hustler in a 1970s movie.
#TBT Sisters on an island
This picture was not posed. And I just happened to be there. This isn’t a cell phone picture. It was a “real” camera, so I’m just glad I got it. My sister Jean taught school out on Block Island for … Continue reading
#TBT Four generations
My grandmother, my mother, my sister Jean, my niece Lucy. Our hearts exploded with joy that day. My grandmother died 7 years ago. Lucy just turned 12.
#TBT: Donna Martin graduated!
…from college …from grad school
#TBT Toil and trouble, you got that right!
Sometimes, as an actor, you can’t help it, you’re cast in a stinker. And there’s nothing you can do about it but make the best of it. Sometimes the best friendships are made from being trapped in a terrible project … Continue reading
#TBT Who the heck is making all that RUCKUS outside?
One year in Chicago, my friend Ann Marie and I decided to celebrate New Year’s Eve by staying in and doing nothing. As 20somethings, this seemed hilarious to us. It was the most radical thing we could possibly do. We … Continue reading
#TBT Unhappy camper
My first boyfriend came from a rich family. Like, old crazy colonialist rich. By the time his generation came along, there really was no more money at all, although there were still vestiges of wealth, including the house on the … Continue reading
#TBT A turning point
My heart got broken the night before. Something significant ended and I felt completely shattered. I was more in love with him than I ever was with anyone, before or since. And I suppose you could make all kinds of … Continue reading
#TBT Keeping score
That time my cousin Kerry and I went to go see the Red Sox play the Yankees at Yankee Stadium and I got to witness first-hand Kerry’s A-plus score-card activity during the game.