Louise Fletcher: I was just a flat-chested 5' 10" brunette who didn't fit into any of the accepted movie categories for actresses. Today, times have changed and there are no more categories for women to be placed in.
Louise Fletcher: When you're being crazy, the sky is the limit. I envied the other actors tremendously. They were so free, and I had to be so controlled. I was so totally frustrated that I had the only tantrum I've ever had in my whole life outside the confines of my own home.
Louise Fletcher: My interest in acting was overwhelming, but I wasn't thinking, "I'm going to California and I'm going to become a movie star." Things were different then. I lived just for the moment, and whatever happened, happened.