"I changed my name when I was about twelve because I didn't like being called Sue or Susie. I felt I needed a longer n…"

"I had such great teachers in high school who made me feel like I could do anything. Then to go to Yale, where these d…"

"I’d send out an intergalactic invitation to other species. I guarantee they would not be like the aliens in the movie…"

"There`s only so much bad luck that a person can have. For her to continue to wake up and con-front the alien and reso…"

"I feel very complete about her. I think she`s more vulnerable. I think she is truly alone. It`s very interesting to p…"

"I guess I don`t think of film as an innovative medium. I guess I feel that film kind of caught up to what`s been happ…"

"With the `60s and the `70s, television gave people a real appetite for violence and slickness. And, for a long time, …"

"(Ripley is) open, honest and tries to do the right thing. I've always played Ripley as an ordinary person who is in e…"

"It was never important to me to display my sexuality. I didn't feel like I had to prove I was a babe to anyone. So I …"

"I would rather have stayed in the theater and done comedy. Comedy in film (was) so narrow for women. I was much happi…"