Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek
Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacekis an American actress and singer. She began her career in the early 1970s and first gained attention for her role in the film Badlands. Her career-defining role came in 1976 when she played the title character of Carrie White in Brian De Palma's horror film Carrie, based on the first novel by Stephen King, for which she earned an Oscar nomination. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth25 December 1949
CityQuitman, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I feel so blessed to get to do what I love to do and work with so many wonderfully talented people, ... The best part is I get to go home to my most precious family.
My cousin, Rip Torn, persuaded me not to change my name. You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success.
Jingle taps on the majorette boots were an important part of a little girl growing up in the South.
I had a dozen years to act before starting a family, then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.
He is just fantastic. As Ruth Fowler, I had to hate him while we were filming. And when I saw the film, I had such empathy for him.
I wanted to put all my family stories down for my girls, and I remember everything so vividly. I just wanted to put everything down while I still can remember it all.
I've not had a mean life.
I'm a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors.
Fame sweeps you away. I had to go home every six months to remember who I am.
I lived an idyllic 'Huckleberry Finn' life in a tiny town. Climbing trees. Tagging after brothers. Happy. Barefoot on my pony. It was 'To Kill a Mockingbird'-esque.
Banana Splits for Breakfast. I think I ate about five.
If I hadn't left Texas, I might not have met the director Terrence Malick, and I wouldn't have met my husband and I wouldn't have had the children that I've had. Life is interesting like that.
Most things in my life I had before leaving home. Values, support, great family. I was shaped at an early age. A musician playing guitar, I wanted to be a folk singer.
Our perception of celebrities in Hollywood is not the reality. The reality of our lives is so much like everyone else's life. We have family members we love, everyone gets up in the morning, they have three meals a day and they go about their business.