 I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commercials and plays and guest star spots on TV and one thing led to another and I got Knots Landing. |
| When I become the village idiot, or at least, it starts to become a joke, you can't do that much longer. |
| Running is my church. |
| They wanted to make her less rural, less of a cartoon. Not that Southern woman are cartoonish - they're the strongest women in this country, but with Val they wanted to take the stereotypical things out. |
| When you're on a long running series, you reach a very rarefied, high oxygen area and after a while to keep a show on the air they have to make some very drastic changes. |
| A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon. |
| It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn't coming back. |
| When two characters or two actresses are together for a while there is bound to be chemistry developing. |
| I need to run every day. If I don't I feel cheated. |
| My brother Mark still lives in the house we grew up in. |
| I didn't even know Michele before we started the show but we became great friends, and still are. |
| I'm Presbyterian and I don't go to church very much. |
| You've got to realize that any lady on a soap is devoting her life to it, 24/7. |
| So I had all the names, three names, and that's good to have on a soap. |
| When I'm not involved in an acting job I try to run 10 miles a day. |
| Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years. |
| Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind. |
| I want to play trailer trash; I swear to God. |
