Linda Hunt

Lydia Susanna "Linda" Hunt (April 2, 1945) is an American actress of stage and screen. She has had a successful career on television and in voice-over work, notably being the narrator for the Ancient Greek mythology themed God of War video game series.

Linda Hunt in 2015

Quotes

• I’m not a consciously political person, I suppose, except in a psychological sense, in an emotional sense. I understand very little of politics in terms of governments and foreign policy and so my response to them, and to the play, was intuitive and not intellectual.
  • [1] Linda talked about politics in 1986.
• Power is one thing if you have a very rigid sense of morality backing it up. It’s very hard to put the source of one’s power into that role, it’s like choosing to put the positive piece of yourself into something you feel is not right.
  • [2] Linda speak on power of a role in 1986.
• I do like it. I get a kick out of it!
  • [3] Linda speak about feeling at home in 2013.
• They tease me about the Oscar, about having won the Oscar. But sweetly!
  • [4] Linda talked about oscar in 2013.
• I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the intelligence of a man, the spirit of a man.
  • [5] Linda talked about imitating a man in 2013.
• Everybody either wanted to take care of me or push me around, you know? I was teased a lot, sure I was, of course. Fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, everybody was taking their spurts except me. I was not growing up.
  • [6] Linda explain how she was diagnosed with dwarfism in 2013.
• When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.
  • [7] Linda speak on difficulties she encountered while growing up in 2019.
• I was so lucky my parents were encouraging on every level.
  • [8] Linda talked about her supportive parents in 2019.
• I think people have always liked in me the combination of being the underdog because I’m a tiny woman, but I have enormous authority in myself.
  • [9] Linda speak in admiration and confidence in herself in 2019.
• It was bigger than life. In some sense, I longed to be bigger than life, because I wasn’t.
  • [10] Linda speak on finding hope in a broadway show in 2019.
• Though I had hoped to return to playing Hetty at the start of the season, I had to take some additional time to recover. I look forward to returning later this season.
  • [11] Linda speak on taking her time to recover from a car accident in 2019.

Quotes about Linda Hunt

• We’re doing everything we can to keep everyone safe, and Linda, you know, is a little extra-special in terms of how we have to look out for her.
  • [12] R. Scott Gemmill explain how they are protecting linda at undue risks due to Covid concerns in 2020.