Susan Sullivan Quotations

There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face and the mother's joy, the child of the narcissistic parent feels like, 'What can I do to make her okay, to make her happy?'

The business of living - that's your artwork, and the process of that is finding out who you are, what it all means.

I mean, everybody's star fades in every business; that's just a natural part of life.

My timing in life has been extraordinary. I've ridden the crest of the wave of the women's movement.

It seems extraordinary to have waited so long into one's life to have found the part that actually uses your basic rhythm. And I think that's always sort of what actors connect up with - their own sort of world.

If you're cast right you can actually just let yourself go because all your gestures will be right, all your intonations will be right because you just somewhere understand who this person is.

I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area.

To work on great material, what you really end up working on is yourself, your own humanity.

I wouldn't have the life I have without television. I wouldn't be looking out my apartment window onto the East River; I wouldn't be able to afford to have my mother with me this summer. So television has been very good to me.

I like to use my hands. When I was in theatre in college, that was one of my biggest notes: 'You use your hands too much.

I'm hyped up when I'm working. Some people eat when they're hyped up and some people don't. I'm the 'don't.

I started out doing theater and a soap in New York and that's... sort of what I got stuck in. I was blessed enough to have long runs, and it's sort of hard sometimes then to get out.

Mitch and I have known each other for such a long time, and we're both so pleased to be given this opportunity at this point in our lives to play characters that we've never really had a chance to play before. It's a great gift. Plus we're wise enough to appreciate it.

FEMA payments for hotel or motel rooms will end on Feb 7 for those who did not obtain a code. Once a family has their unique code, they will be eligible for a hotel reimbursement.

This is going to be so much fun for everyone especially the kids and parents, ... We wanted to have this day so kids and their families can get involved with one another and become active playing and having fun outside. It's an opportunity for families to spend fun time together while improving their health.

The authorization code allows FEMA to work closely with individuals or family displaced by the hurricane to ensure that they are completely process to make the transition to permanent housing.

In '94, if our plans had been approved, obviously we wouldn't be here today. This house would have been fixed.

How shocking to have the person who headed up the committee, John C, use his absence at a meeting for a reason to play any lack of knowledge.

Anger is very difficult for me to express. I have a tremendous amount of anger but I like to save it . . . for my loved ones.

I don't think I ever wanted fame.

You don't choose the theatre; The theatre choses you