Quotes By Christine Lahti
I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.
Christine Lahti
When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma.
Christine Lahti
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
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
After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.
Christine Lahti
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
I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning.
Christine Lahti
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
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
Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.
Christine Lahti
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
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
I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.
Christine Lahti
I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.
Christine Lahti
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
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