Cathy Moriarty

I like being independent; I like doing things myself. I'm an instinctual person. ”

The way I grew up, when you're married, you have to stay married together. ”

A lot of people think I'm snotty. So what? They never asked me out when I was serving cheeseburgers. ”

I learned one thing from De Niro: He taught me to listen. Nobody says anything strictly from the script. It's improvised. It was the best piece of advice I have ever gotten in my life. It has helped me through the past thirty years. ”

Don't be so hard on yourself. Be a little harder on yourself. Learn from your experiences. Don't dwell on things. Get on with your life. ”

I made mistakes. I let other people influence me and make decisions, sometimes without my knowledge. ”

Sometimes you get caught up living something that's not true. The people around you, the people you're involved with, are not the right people. ”

I can't say there were parts I was offered and turned down, but there were meetings for parts that I didn't go to, meetings I should have gone to, meetings I was advised against going to. I listened to that advice. ”

Don't take anything for granted. If you don't believe in yourself, nobody else will. Have a little more confidence. ”