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Yancy Butler
American
Actress
About the author
I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Friends
#Dad
I'm open to sci-fi, but I was never a diehard fan. I have no idea why it keeps following me. I'm extremely lucky, I guess; it's a lucrative venue.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Idea
#Open
A comic can be aesthetically beautiful. I think they captured it beautifully and accurately.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
Don't we all just really try to fake it well?
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
I am so happy to be on a show with writing I wanted to participate in.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Writing
I can be extremely vulnerable. People are tough on me because they think I can handle it.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#People
I don't know that I'd necessarily want to see into the future. I don't want to know what's happening next.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Want
#Future
I had to skydive for the movie and I was terrified. Like everybody, I thought it was going to be one of those experiences that changes your life. It didn't.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Life
#Thought
I hope I don't just sit around moping for two years.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Hope
#Years
I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Love
#Old
#Movies
#Theatre
I never worked less than 16-hour days on South Beach.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Beach
I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Time
#Pretty
I think seeing some of the past can be helpful, especially if you're into crime solving.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Past
#Crime
I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Women
I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Science
#Fiction
I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Information
I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Time
#Anger
#Money
#Trying
#Control
I'm the oldest 26-year-old I know. A lot of experience has been crammed into a short amount of time. Some days I feel a good 65, 70. Like I want to lie down.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Want
#Time
#Experience
#Lie
I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Women
Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#People
My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
My junior high was dreadful. I see a lot of my fellow alumni on America's Most Wanted.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#America
My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Family
#Mother
#Production
#Theatre
#Manager
My taste in music and entertainment is quite eclectic.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Music
#Taste
#Entertainment
Once you get into a part, and someone sees you, you get asked to do it again.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
People just kind of associate me with kicking some ass.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#People
To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Lie
Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
Women have been kicking ass for centuries.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Women
Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Name
#Irish
I'll try anything once.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.
Yancy Butler,
American
Actress
#Mother
#Name
#Father