“I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was alway...” — Michael Learned Quote

“I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the 'compassionate mother' or whatever.”

“All of us from 'The Waltons' still love each other. I think we're closer than some real families.”

“I don't mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, it's pretty straightforward. If you say, 'I love you,' you mean 'I love you.' There isn't time for anything more.”

“There'll be moments when I'm out in the prison yard, chatting with the cast and the crew, getting ready to shoot a scene. And then I'll remember if I were actually an inmate, I'd only be out there an hour. The other 23 hours of the day, I'd be in my cell. It's kind of a downer.”

“I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years.”

“Strangely, when I was a kid, my first acting job, at 5 years old, was a performance of 'The Three Little Pigs.' They cast me as the Big Bad Wolf.”