“I feel comfortable in the presence of oddity. Probably because I'm a l...” — Martha Plimpton Quote

“I feel comfortable in the presence of oddity. Probably because I'm a little bit odd.”

“The '80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an incredibly disparate economy in terms of the class distinctions and whatnot, and a tremendous shallowness - a lot of sort of bank robbery by executives.”

“As an actress for most of my life, I am profoundly familiar with poverty.”

“I write a lot about my experiences and the people I meet. I've got a lot of material. But a book about me? It seems sort of odd.”

“There are a lot of countries, oil-producing countries, that aren't very democratic, but supported by the United States. That's odd.”

“I think youve got to work out what makes you happy. With me, its that I do lots of different things. So Ive got this rather odd career whereby Im not really a stand-up and Im not really an actor and Im not really a writer. But I do them all.”