I was always playing the hard-bitten drunk.
Meaning of the quote
This quote means that the actress Sally Kellerman often played the role of a tough, cynical, and heavy-drinking character in her acting roles. She was known for portraying these kinds of challenging, gritty characters on screen.
More quotes from Sally Kellerman
I work out, I go to pilates, I walk and I eat everything I can get my hands on.
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I remember working with Rod, though, on Chrysler Hour. I was too young and dumb to know that I was supposed to be scared of anybody or anything – like getting fired or anything like that.
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I was always telling everybody that I could be funny.
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My friends always said that I should be a comedienne – I was named my class clown.
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I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time.
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I was in group therapy for years but it wasn’t the same thing. It was more about growing.
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I wasn’t a businesswoman, so I didn’t know how to build a career.
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He wasn’t directing it, of course, so I didn’t work with Hitchcock.
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I had just had small parts in other films, and I’d worked with a lot of directors in TV.
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I hope to have some more cracks at some wonderful roles before I go to the Great Beyond.
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I didn’t want to do it… I’d been trying to get out of TV for years!
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And he was going to give me a song, because I’m a singer and I wanted to sing in everything.
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I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe.
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Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.
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I was also the romantic lead in The Boston Strangler – I was the only one that lived to tell the story – so I called myself the romantic lead.
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It hasn’t been smooth or delightful every minute, there were lean years and rough years, but it’s been exciting and good and I’m thrilled to be an actress and a singer and to have spent my life this way.
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No, I don’t belong to a retirement community.
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Well, you know, I’ve had a very checkered career.
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I was always playing the hard-bitten drunk.
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I’m very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.
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