Depressive Quotes

"Jack had a breakdown. A real mental breakdown. He was manic depressive. But he was the one that wanted the divorce. He thought it was better for me and the kids. I never did. I would have hung in there. I felt in many ways he was acting strangely and doing strange things and he felt perhaps it was better for all of us." - on the end of her marriage to Jack Cassidy

There`s nothing more depressing than making a movie. It has moments of real joy, mostly later if you like what you`ve done, but making it is miserable -- like chipping lumps off of me. I tend to be obsessive and I`m a total manic depressive. I find it very hard to enjoy things. After "Flashdance" opened, there were lines around the block, full houses, but all I could think was, "Tomorrow, it`s going to fall off!" But also I`m terrified of starting to believe your own legend, starting to believe you`re good at this, that you`re not still learning.

Alright, so I`m a manic depressive. What do you want from me?

When you`re a child, you`re completely a victim of the people around you. You don`t choose them. I`ve been through really difficult things: an alcoholic adoptive father and a mother who was depressive. People were really dark around me.

Choosing these kinds of intense roles is becoming sort of a bad habit. Playing the average manic-depressive woman who`s hitting 40 - yep, that`d be me. Bring it on! But I think what it is, really, is that (Hollywood) sees you do certain roles and says, `Okay, that`s her, let`s cast her again and again as the same thing.` Then you wind up saying, `I`d like to do something else,` and they whine, `But why?`

I am a smiling depressive.