Quotes

I believe in the expression "Many of us get to heaven by backing away from hell.".

I have learned that one's deepest wounds, integrated, become one's greatest power. Helping other survivors [of suicide] is my mission.

I know I am associated with television and I can't seem to break that. It seems to be my lot. You could do worse. I could be not working at all!

[on acting in the Polaroid television commercials] I absolutely wasn't going to do them. I said I was tired of doing scale commercials. I had done 75 commercials by then and I had nine wardrobe changes in my car -- the Ali MacGraw look, the Candice Bergen look, the housewife look, the person who feeds the dogs dog food look, the shopper look. I was ready to change at a drop of a hat.

I wasn't even going to do commercials. I thought they were demeaning. I used to sit in front of the television set with my little glass of whatever and say "That poor sucker, look at what he's doing." He was making a living, that's what he's doing. I finally broke down and said to myself "Hartley, you have a thousand bucks in the bank; you better get your tush out there and see if there's any commercial interest in you.".

Well, thank God I have this face and it's a believable face and that also seems to be my acting style. My karma doesn't seem to be a big screen karma; it's definitely a little screen karma.