I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commercials and plays and guest star spots on TV and one thing led to another and I got Knots Landing.
When you're on a long running series, you reach a very rarefied, high oxygen area and after a while to keep a show on the air they have to make some very drastic changes.
When two characters or two actresses are together for a while there is bound to be chemistry developing.
When I become the village idiot, or at least, it starts to become a joke, you can't do that much longer.
They wanted to make her less rural, less of a cartoon. Not that Southern woman are cartoonish - they're the strongest women in this country, but with Val they wanted to take the stereotypical things out.
When youre on a long running series, you reach a very rarefied, high oxygen area and after a while to keep a show on the air they have to make some very drastic changes.Collection: Running
Joan of Arc is my namesake. I played her character while still in my teens, at a music festival held at the University of Colorado in Boulder.Collection: Character
I still want to do a comedy series.Collection: Want
Maybe some of my quest for success comes from Joan of Arc but theres no conscious part of Catholicism in my life.Collection: Quests