Top 26 Quotes & Sayings by Diane Ladd

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Diane Ladd.

Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Diane Ladd is an American actress, film director, producer, and author. She has appeared in over 120 film and television roles. For the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for Alice (1980–81), and to receive Academy Award nominations for Wild at Heart (1990) and Rambling Rose (1991). Her other film appearances include Chinatown (1974), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Primary Colors (1998), 28 Days (2000), and American Cowslip (2008). Ladd is the mother of actress Laura Dern, with her ex-husband, actor Bruce Dern.

American - Actress | Born: November 29, 1935

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I wanted to do 'Texas Trilogy' on stage. But it didn't do well in New York. In fact, it did very badly there, thanks to the critics. It was said that Preston Jones, the author, died of ulcer complications, but the truth was that the critics killed him.

Diane Ladd

Have a little faith, kick a little dirt.

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We all have the same destiny. The difference is opening ourselves up to possibilities to joy, hope, and happiness along the way. Give yourself and others a chance to take advantage of what's out there and available.

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They do awful things in the press. One newspaper in England said I was 12 years older than I am, and I was ready to sue.

Diane Ladd

Chemotherapy is such a hard, hard kiss. Anything we can do to alleviate its side effects should be intelligently explored with an open mind.

Diane Ladd

After all these years in the business, I really feel that actors are used. People treat actors worse than they treat children. It's always, 'Do me a favor,' it's always, 'Help me out,' it's always, 'You carry the load,' and then they don't want to admit what you've done.

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Maureen O'Sullivan did 'Hannah and Her Sisters' with Mia Farrow, her daughter, but O'Sullivan had a very minor role.

Diane Ladd

I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70.

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Many years ago, I used to say, 'I haven't lived long enough to be great.' Now I don't say that.

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I really can't stand not to be loved. I really can't. If I walk into a room and feel there are people who don't really like me, I have to leave.

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I always had a trunk full of good reviews. I'd get magnificent reviews, and I'd be standing out on the unemployment line!

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What the advertisers are trying to do by eliminating residuals is the most appalling form of greed that I cry thinking about it.

Diane Ladd

To work with someone you love is something special, an incredible experience. But it could be a negative. You have to make a strong commitment to be honest; you're not just being polite, like strangers on an airplane; you're working.

Diane Ladd

It took 17 years to get 'Rambling Rose' made from the time Calder Willingham wrote the script adapted from his novel. Ed Scherick, the producer, was interested in it. Martha Coolidge was interested in directing it.

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You know what I did? I turned down an offer to do 'Enemy of the People' with Steve McQueen. It doesn't matter that the film was never really released. A movie like that, successful or not, adds to your credits. It leads to other roles.

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If you try to talk about yourself honestly when you're an actor, you come off as stuck on yourself.

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Did any agents ever put Diane Ladd up for some of the great parts, even though she always got great reviews? No! But do they put up the girlfriend of the studio executive who's gonna do them a favor later? You betcha.

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I had to force myself not to be overly protective because I had lost one child.

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I lost many a role to actresses who couldn't do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.

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If I can help one person in this world, then it's enough, and I've done my job.

Diane Ladd

The big thrillers may make people aware of the violence in the society, and I guess that serves a purpose.

Diane Ladd

I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony missionary and save people.

Diane Ladd

For 30 years, which I never talked about in Hollywood, I actually worked with doctors lecturing and doing some medical intuitive counseling both in a medical setting and for the community at large.

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My personality just steps away, and I'm in direct connection when I'm on stage.

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I lost many a role to actresses who couldnt do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.

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Our great country is rich and abundant in so many ways. It is totally unacceptable to me that we have children and families going hungry!

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