It really hit home that my parents felt as though they didn't have to worry anymore. They realized if you could win an Oscar, that was a good sign.

I aspired to be extremely sophisticated.

I think people have always liked in me the combination of being the underdog because I'm a tiny woman but I have enormous authority in myself.

When I was 16, nobody else talked like me. Nobody else sounded like me.

I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the intelligence of a man, the spirit of a man.

It really hit home that my parents felt as though they didn't have to worry anymore. They realized if you could win an Oscar, that was a good sign.

I have a surfboard that says 'Linda Hunt Choice TV Actress: Action.' I am an action star! I don't know what that is about, but I like it.