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10 quotes by JoBeth Williams

Margaret JoBeth Williams (born December 6, 1948) is an American film, television and stage actress. She is the current president of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Williams rose to prominence appearing in such films as Stir Crazy (1980), Poltergeist (1982), The Big Chill (1983), The Day After (1983), Teachers (1984), and Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986). A three-time Emmy Award nominee, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in...
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I was concerned about doing a sequel and repeating myself. That was before I read the script.

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I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever.

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It was my first scene in any movie and my only scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. I was petrified.

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I wanted to play the part that Mary Kay played, the lawyer who wanted to have baby and felt her clock ticking, because it was something I could... →

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I was raised in cities but I was raised in Texas, so there's a certain amount of connection to the earth.

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I would like, certainly, to do different things.

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I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better.

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Larry Kasdan wanted us all there, all the time, even if we weren't filming.

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I felt they had really moved the characters in a direction that was very interesting. The family had really felt the impact of what had happened to... →

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I think a lot of the time, we don't give our family connections the kind of credit they deserve, like how important they are to us and how much... →

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