Of all the projects I’ve worked on, I’ve never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he’s a genius.
Kids shouldn’t see all the violence they do these days. But the industry just doesn’t care.
Its difficult to understand why people don’t realize that pets are gifts to mankind.
One of the reasons I don’t have kids is because I think people would have been very unfair to them. Think of it. You’re still asking me questions about The Exorcist.
We have a deep need to affiliate, to be around people, and no creature on earth spends as much of its life depending on others as we do.
Look what they did to MaCauley Culkin. The poor child. I know because I’ve been there. But I could say after living my life, truth will always win out. And no one can take my character away from me anymore.
If I had children, I would be very selfish. I wouldn’t be out doing things. But by not having kids, it makes me freer to travel the world and talk about things I feel are important.
I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They had no control and were scared. That’s why I got into fostering and adopting animals out.
While you’re in the moment of anything that’s confusing in your life, you’re in the moment, and you have to figure it out. You can go up or down. And I just kept working on the higher road, and trying. I got very involved with medication.
I was lucky. I had some really good people that were just here there and wherever who would come into my life that I felt would answer questions. I mean, I had some very powerful questions myself for what this earth was all about.
As all my friends said, ‘Linda, enjoy this time.’ It wasn’t enjoyable the first time because they’re were too many questions. But I think I’ve lived a solid life. You can look at who I’ve been, good, bad or indifferent.
Of course The Exorcist changed my entire life. I don’t think there are very many people that will have the experience of sitting in this room, doing a job, and the next thing you know you’ve been on every television camera around the world, and people are they’re frightened of you.
Now I figured this out recently, pretty much if you ask anybody to be part of a movie, they get a smile on their face. They do! People are like, Movie! Ya know, I don’t know. There’s something that’s magical about it.
When I was thirteen I basically asked my mother if it was possible for this to end, that I’d had enough of it. And I truly had had enough. And that was right about the time that we got a call for a movie interview.
I can’t answer for my mother. She was a very private person, and did not discuss a lot of things.
Modeling was pretty difficult back then. I did not find the business something that I had an interest in. I wanted to be a veterinarian.
We didn’t talk about devil on the set. My mother and I didn’t talk about it. Billy Friedkin and I didn’t talk about it. It was a closet subject. But it was the best thing that happened because I had no idea what I was going.
I had no way to have a sense of humor about The Exorcist. I didn’t know how. And this enabled me.
I work more than people realize. It doesn’t mean you always see the project. Look at how many stations we have. I did a couple films in Australia. I like the movies.
I like having little kids look at me. It’s fun. They make these little faces.
If you know me, I don’t live in this dismal world. I mean, I like to have fun. My friends are comedians.