My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it.


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SALLY MANN
Very few males have the confidence to appear vulnerable.
SALLY MANN
Time, memory, loss and love are my main artistic concerns, but time, among all of them, becomes the ...
SALLY MANN
I have had a fascination with death, I think, that might be considered genetic for a long time. My f...
SALLY MANN
I was just taking pictures to see what they looked like. Just for the fun of it. It wasn't about...
SALLY MANN
You start blocking out things, and that's a really important part of taking a picture is the abi...
SALLY MANN
When we were on the farm, we were isolated, not just by geography but by the primitive living condit...
SALLY MANN
I'm not a good photographer, not a good writer. I'm a pretty regular person whose insecurity...
SALLY MANN
When I read something, I picture that scene in that detail. That becomes very similar to composing a...
SALLY MANN
Each time you take a good picture, you have the wonderful feeling of exhilaration... and almost inst...
SALLY MANN
I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English ...
SALLY KIRKLAND
My point is that, over the years, I've taught five thousand people acting and lately I have a lo...
SALLY KIRKLAND
A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or ...
SALLY KIRKLAND
I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage next month.
SALLY KIRKLAND
She was a genius, my mother.
SALLY KIRKLAND
The only thing that I could think of to do was to be an actress.
SALLY KIRKLAND
Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.
SALLY KIRKLAND
I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they'...
SALLY KIRKLAND
So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had d...
SALLY KIRKLAND
I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what...
SALLY KIRKLAND
When I was growing up watching Marilyn Monroe, I learned that you can be very beautiful, very glamor...
SALLY KIRKLAND
I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to ...
SALLY KIRKLAND
I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country.
SALLY KIRKLAND
Probably what my comment meant was that I don't care about the circumstances if I can tell the t...
SALLY KIRKLAND
My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
SALLY KIRKLAND
I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than th...
SALLY KIRKLAND
Our church has been legal since late 1960s. I've been involved since 1972. I was ordained in 197...
SALLY KIRKLAND
In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.
SALLY KIRKLAND
I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
SALLY KIRKLAND
I suppose if I wanted to be the girl next door, I could have been. I think America is confused by so...
SALLY KIRKLAND
I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's import...
SALLY KIRKLAND
I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a s...
SALLY KIRKLAND
I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and ...
SALLY KIRKLAND
My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my ex...
SALLY KIRKLAND
In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy.
SALLY KIRKLAND