Margot Kidder famous quotes

It [the pharmaceutical industry] is the most profitable industry in the world, and partially funds the US government. It surpasses oil in terms of profits and my country recently went to war due to oil pricing. What does that say they will do to keep this other industry in tact? It is up to patients and their families to question what they are being given, and to consumers to demand better, more natural alternatives.
-- Margot Kidder

#Country #War #Oil

I love horror movies because they're really fun. They tap into those wonderful primal emotions.
-- Margot Kidder

#Fun #Emotion #Horror

I had always thought of Chris as my kid brother and watching how this kid, as I still thought of him, had affected so many peoples lives around the world was incredible.
-- Margot Kidder

#Brother #Kids #World

I went to work and did a lot of homework about what was wrong with me
-- Margot Kidder

#Homework

I was very active in the peace movement, still am
-- Margot Kidder

#Movement #Active #Stills

There's a new science out called orthomolecular medicine. You correct the chemical imbalance with amino acids and vitamins and minerals that are naturally in the body
-- Margot Kidder

#Medicine #Acid #Body

Acting's fun, but life's more important
-- Margot Kidder

#Fun #Important #Acting

I'm a very good screamer, that's for sure
-- Margot Kidder

#Very Good

You take the cards you're dealt. I'm now ferociously healthy in body and mind. You couldn't pay me to go near a psychiatrist again. Stopping seeing them was my first step to getting well
-- Margot Kidder

#Get Well #Healthy #Mind

With any group of people in life, sad things happen, and crazy things, and happy things. When you're in the public eye, it's just amplified, that's all.
-- Margot Kidder

#Crazy #Eye #People

Nothing spooky or terrible happened on set, but we were told to say it had. We were giving a press conference and the writers were going on about these terrible things that supposedly happened while we were filming.
-- Margot Kidder

#Giving #Scary #Spooky

If you're gonna fall apart, do it in your own bedroom.
-- Margot Kidder

#Fall #Falling Apart #Bedroom

I don't buy into any of that hogwash. They put that out to sell tickets. It's just a classic horror movie, with the Greek drama formula of good versus evil, and lots of fear.
-- Margot Kidder

#Drama #Evil #Greek

The thing about all good horror movies is that the fans expect a couple of inside jokes. Maybe I'm supposed to be saying how terrified I was while making it, but it was really fun.
-- Margot Kidder

#Couple #Fun #Fans

Being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were the worst.
-- Margot Kidder

#Crazy #Tabloids #Being Pretty

I remember laughing an inordinate amount of time. Setting up scenes that involve ooze coming out basements, or pigs' heads flying through windows is really fun. How could you not laugh?
-- Margot Kidder

#Fun #Pigs #Laughing

We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works.
-- Margot Kidder

#Sweet #War #Thinking

I was briefly bitter.
-- Margot Kidder

#Bitter

The thing about the wacky fans is that they're really sweet.
-- Margot Kidder

#Sweet #Fans #Really Sweet

It was a wonderful time to be young. The 1960s didn't end until about 1976. We all believed in Make Love Not War - we were idealistic innocents, darling, despite the drugs and sex. We were sweet lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works. None of us were famous, we were broke. We didn't think they'd be writing books about us in 30 years. We were just kids doing the right thing.
-- Margot Kidder

#Sweet #Sex #War

It was a wonderful time to be young. The 1960s didn't end until about 1976. We all believed in Make Love, Not War. We were idealistic innocents, despite the drugs and sex.
-- Margot Kidder

#Retirement #Sex #War

My grandson sees me as Lois on TV every Christmas, and that scores me points.
-- Margot Kidder

#Christmas #Tvs #Score

I liked the fact that Lois was one person with Clark and another with Superman. I think that, as women, we do that a lot when we fall in love.
-- Margot Kidder

#Falling In Love #Thinking #Facts

This is my year of the remake. Go for it, see what you can do, guys, why not?
-- Margot Kidder

#Years #Guy #Why Not

God, George Bush makes me want to slash my wrists. He's so embarrassing I have to leave the room when he's on the news. What a monkey.
-- Margot Kidder

#News #Want #Monkeys

My pro-choice activism keeps me busy.
-- Margot Kidder

#Choices #Busy #Activism

The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people.
-- Margot Kidder

#People #Fame

We didn't have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New York and I saw Bye Bye Birdie, with people singing and dancing, and that was it.
-- Margot Kidder

#Mom #Goodbye #New York

The first Superman film took up a huge chunk of our lives, but it was a wonderful time for us. We were young, my daughter was little, we were filming in London for a year, so we became like a close family.
-- Margot Kidder

#Daughter #Mother #Years

Theres this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldnt be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians.
-- Margot Kidder

#Stars #Ordinary #Clubs

I guess I came to terms with my demons. Or else I'd be in big trouble, wouldn't I? Horrifying as it was to crack up in the public eye, it made me look at myself and fix it. People were exploitative; that's human nature. I'll tell you, being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were the worst. But you take the cards you're dealt, and I got better. I'm now ferociously healthy in body and mind. You couldn't pay me to go near a psychiatrist again. Stopping seeing them was my first step to getting well.
-- Margot Kidder

#Get Well #Crazy #Eye

Nudity in the flesh doesn't bother me. But having my mind uncovered - that scares the hell out of me.
-- Margot Kidder

#Mind #Scare #Flesh

I'm a grandmother with dogs and nice friends here in the Rocky mountains. Ever see the movie A River Runs Through It? That's where I live. It's beautiful, no two ways about it.
-- Margot Kidder

#Beautiful #Running #Dog