Yancy Butler Quotes

A comic can be aesthetically beautiful. I think they captured it beautifully and accurately.

I don`t know that I`d necessarily want to see into the future. I don`t want to know what`s happening next.

Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I`m Irish. Go figure.

I never worked less than 16-hour days on South Beach.

Had I not stopped going to clubs when I was 14 and almost stopped drinking when I was 15, I would have gotten out to Hollywood and just lost my mind.

Don`t we all just really try to fake it well?

My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I`ve heard about him.

I`ve always played strong women who are doing their own thing.

I can be extremely vulnerable. People are tough on me because they think I can handle it.

I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive.

I`m just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible.

I like to do my own stunt work as much as possible. With the camera work on this film, we really had to do it so that it was me.

I hope I don`t just sit around moping for two years.

To say I`m the easiest person to live with would be a lie.

Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I`m proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.

Once you get into a part, and someone sees you, you get asked to do it again.

I`ve spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.

I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.

I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.

I think seeing some of the past can be helpful, especially if you`re into crime solving.

I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

I love old movies. The `40s theatre pace is fantastic.

I`ll try anything once.

People just kind of associate me with kicking some ass.

My father used to sing to me in my mother`s womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.

I`m open to sci-fi, but I was never a diehard fan. I have no idea why it keeps following me. I`m extremely lucky, I guess; it`s a lucrative venue.

I had to skydive for the movie and I was terrified. Like everybody, I thought it was going to be one of those experiences that changes your life. It didn`t.

My taste in music and entertainment is quite eclectic.

There was definitely some pressure there because, unlike a lot of other comic book characters, my character had never had a voice.

Women have been kicking ass for centuries.

Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.

I`m the oldest 26-year-old I know. A lot of experience has been crammed into a short amount of time. Some days I feel a good 65, 70. Like I want to lie down.

I am so happy to be on a show with writing I wanted to participate in.

My mother`s side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.

My junior high was dreadful. I see a lot of my fellow alumni on America`s Most Wanted.

Playing the lead character of a comic book, it`s scary. You want to please everybody. And certainly we know that that can`t happen.