My mother had been an actress and we came from that world in New York, the theater world and the downtown sort of theater scene, and so I guess we didn’t really have what you’d call like a Hollywood kind of life at all. – Martha Plimpton
Women have always been at the forefront of progressive movements. Women can be depended on when you need bodies in the streets for women’s rights and human rights. – Martha Plimpton
I prefer to think of the audience as a single living organism with which I am sharing a singular, never-to-be-repeated experience. – 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. – Martha Plimpton
I feel comfortable in the presence of oddity. Probably because I’m a little bit odd. – Martha Plimpton
I’m so sick of hearing how there’s no strong roles for women. I don’t care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there’s some depth there. – Martha Plimpton
My mom just didn’t put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything. – Martha Plimpton
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. – Martha Plimpton
Being nominated is the win. For me, being nominated is winning. It’s just unbelievable. – Martha Plimpton
A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet. – Martha Plimpton
Things tend to come when they are meant to come. I know that sounds kind of like spiritual and cheesy, but I think things come when they’re meant to come. – Martha Plimpton
I wouldn’t say Malkovich is totally insane, but he’s not living in the real world. He’s living in his world, which is a fine world to live in apparently. – Martha Plimpton
I hate those people who say ‘I don’t own a television’ – I own one and I watch it whenever I can. – Martha Plimpton
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. – Martha Plimpton
We don’t want to come off as pro-smoking. Even though we didn’t smoke real cigarettes at all, you want to be careful of people’s sensitivities. – Martha Plimpton
That’s the thing about interviews, at some point you’re going to change your mind. But it’s there forever and you can’t escape it. – Martha Plimpton
Very often a job will come along that speaks to the place you’re in as a person at that very moment. And usually once I’ve done it I feel like that part is over. – Martha Plimpton
Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a prop. I think it can be really useful for character and texture and contrast and all of that. – Martha Plimpton
People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they’re jerks or not. – Martha Plimpton
