"I am 54 years old and happily single. In addition to my nuclear family, I have a close circle of friends. Most of my friends are men. But my reputation is such that their female partners would never consider me a threat."

“Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.”

“Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world. If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.”

“As you age, you have this vast cauldron of experience to draw from. Some of the experiences are great; some of them you wish you'd never had. But all of them shape the work that you do and the person you become. It's just inevitable.”

“Non cogitant, ergo non sunt.”

“I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.”

Source : "Linda Cardellini’s Return". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 10, 2012.

“Everyone I talk to has a Genesis story to tell.”

“When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar man, was, oh, something else! You think of one of the great American ball players, or one of the great fighters of the world, you know, that's the way he would attack any note on his guitar.”

“My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.”