Connie Quotes

(On the Academy Awards, to Connie Chung after his Best Supporting Actor nomination for A Dry White Season (1989)) "That`s a part of the sickness in America, that you have to think in terms of who wins, who loses, who`s good, who`s bad, who`s best, who`s worst . . . I don`t like to think that way. Everybody has their own value in different ways, and I don`t like to think who`s the best at this. I mean, what`s the point of it?"

(On the Academy Awards, Connie Chung TV interview, 1990) "What do I care? I`ve made all the money I need to make. I won a couple of Academy Awards if I ever cared about that. I`ve been nominated I don`t know how many times and I`m in a position of respect and standing in my craft as an actor in this country. So what the hell, I don`t need to gild the lily."

I don`t know if too many guys really understand it. The two guys ahead of him obviously managed for a long time, so it`s a nice milestone. Hopefully he can manage five or six more years and get to be second. I don`t think anybody`s going to catch Connie Mack.

Connie took it all in stride. On one occasion, we ran into the opposing attorney in many of these cases at the airport. Connie extended her hand in greeting, and the attorney refused to take it. `Oh,` she said, `you still don`t shake black people`s hands. Very well, then,` and off she glided to her flight.