The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover.
- Christine Lahti
Crossover, TV, Whole, TV Actors
I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.
- Christine Lahti
The Most Important, Weeks, Two Weeks
I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested.
- Christine Lahti
Age, Plastic Surgery, Want, Surgery
I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.
- Christine Lahti
Think, Sexist, I Think, Film Industry
Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities.
- Christine Lahti
Always, Sure, Capabilities, Faced
And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen them in a million movies and it's too much like cranking the tears out. I didn't want that scene.
- Christine Lahti
Death, Purpose, Tears, Cranking
A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back.
- Christine Lahti
Born, Like, Mine, Meteor
I most often land up taking up the roles that I most detest.
- Christine Lahti
Land, Most, Roles, Detest
After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.
- Christine Lahti
Doing, Roles, Many, Excitement
My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes.
- Christine Lahti
Thanks, Shape, Classes, Spinning
Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!
- Christine Lahti
Famous, News, Reasons, Recognised
I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.
- Christine Lahti
Proud, My Life, Oscar, Quitting
I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame.
- Christine Lahti
College, Actress, Very, Feminist
I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning.
- Christine Lahti
Winning, Going, Very, Determined
Television really does offer still great parts for women, cable in particular.
- Christine Lahti
Television, Offer, Still, Cable
I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself.
- Christine Lahti
Stretch, Like, Take, Challenging
When I'm not working, my time is really about my children.
- Christine Lahti
Children, Working, About, My Time
I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed.
- Christine Lahti
Small, Hang, Sets, Noticed
When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma.
- Christine Lahti
Television, Real, Were, Stigma
Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.
- Christine Lahti
Better, Strive, Very, Competition
It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.
- Christine Lahti
Career, Actress, Period, Career Choice
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