Margot Kidder Biography

Margot Kidder, Actress
Born asMargaret Ruth Kidder
Occup.Actress
FromUSA
BornOctober 17, 1948
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Age76 years
[Margaret Ruth "Margot" Kidder] is a Canadian-American actor, best recognized for her duty as Lois Lane in the Superman movies where she starred with star Christopher Reeve associate.

Kidder actively supported the governmental prospect Jesse Jackson throughout the Autonomous governmental election in 1984. Kidder was associated with a severe cars and truck accident in 1990 and also hereafter accident she was not able to work for two years which meant that she obtained extra significant financial problems. Kidder has been identified with bipolar disorder, which resulted in major media coverage after she had a manic episode in 1996. When Kidder had actually been located in the woods of Los Angeles authorities in a really troubled state and also she was thus placed in forced psychological treatment.

Kidder applied to end up being an American resident on 17 august 2005 while she resided in the state of Montana. Previously she had actually handled with a nationality from Canada. She stated that the reason for her decision to end up being an U.S. citizen was to participate in American selecting procedures, to continue her protests against U.S. treatment in Iraq as well as be free of stress over being deported back to Canada.

A naked photo of Kidder, which was photographed by Douglas Kirkland was released in the March 1975 problem of Playboy. In the going along with short article was discussed her was that she had increasingly more contours than Pacific Coastline Highway.

Kidder has more than the years had a relationship with previous Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and supervisor Brian DePalma. She has actually altogether been married and separated three times: to the American author Thomas McGuane (as she had her only child, daughter Maggie in 1976), with actor John Heard and the French film supervisor Philippe de Broca. Each of these marriages did not last a lot longer than one year. She has two grandchildren named Mazi & Charlie Kirn is from her daughter's marital relationship to writer Walter Kirn.

Our collection contains 33 quotes who is written / told by Margot.

Related authors: Pierre Trudeau (Statesman), Jesse Jackson (Activist), Christopher Reeve (Actor), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Christo (Artist)

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33 Famous quotes by Margot Kidder

Small: God, George Bush makes me want to slash my wrists. Hes so embarrassing I have to leave the room when he
"God, George Bush makes me want to slash my wrists. He's so embarrassing I have to leave the room when he's on the news. What a monkey"
Small: The thing about being famous is, its weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous pe
"The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people"
Small: The thing about all good horror movies is that the fans expect a couple of inside jokes. Maybe Im suppo
"The thing about all good horror movies is that the fans expect a couple of inside jokes. Maybe I'm supposed to be saying how terrified I was while making it, but it was really fun"
Small: My pro-choice activism keeps me busy
"My pro-choice activism keeps me busy"
Small: It was a wonderful time to be young. The 1960s didnt end until about 1976. We all believed in Make Love
"It was a wonderful time to be young. The 1960s didn't end until about 1976. We all believed in Make Love, Not War. We were idealistic innocents, despite the drugs and sex"
Small: Im an old cynic
"I'm an old cynic"
Small: Im a very good screamer, thats for sure
"I'm a very good screamer, that's for sure"
Small: Actings fun, but lifes more important
"Acting's fun, but life's more important"
Small: I dont buy into any of that hogwash. They put that out to sell tickets. Its just a classic horror movie
"I don't buy into any of that hogwash. They put that out to sell tickets. It's just a classic horror movie, with the Greek drama formula of good versus evil, and lots of fear"
Small: Depakote also has a really bad side effect, which is death
"Depakote also has a really bad side effect, which is death"
Small: Id had episodes before, but I swept them under the carpet. This time, I couldnt do that because everyon
"I'd had episodes before, but I swept them under the carpet. This time, I couldn't do that because everyone knew. I got on with the hard work of getting better and haven't had a blip in almost 10 years"
Small: I was in two episodes playing Christopher Reeves characters emissary. They wanted to have my character
"I was in two episodes playing Christopher Reeve's character's emissary. They wanted to have my character announce Dr Swan's death, which I thought was exploitative"
Small: I was briefly bitter
"I was briefly bitter"
Small: I remember laughing an inordinate amount of time. Setting up scenes that involve ooze coming out baseme
"I remember laughing an inordinate amount of time. Setting up scenes that involve ooze coming out basements, or pigs' heads flying through windows is really fun. How could you not laugh?"
Small: I had always thought of Chris as my kid brother and watching how this kid, as I still thought of him, h
"I had always thought of Chris as my kid brother and watching how this kid, as I still thought of him, had affected so many people's lives around the world was incredible"
Small: You take the cards youre dealt. Im now ferociously healthy in body and mind. You couldnt pay me to go n
"You take the cards you're dealt. I'm now ferociously healthy in body and mind. You couldn't pay me to go near a psychiatrist again. Stopping seeing them was my first step to getting well"
Small: Being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were t
"Being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were the worst"
Small: My grandson sees me as Lois on TV every Christmas, and that scores me points
"My grandson sees me as Lois on TV every Christmas, and that scores me points"
Small: It was obvious what kind of game they were playing on the set of Amityville
"It was obvious what kind of game they were playing on the set of Amityville"
Small: I dont know who the actresses all are. Ive never heard of Kate but Im sure shell do fine
"I don't know who the actresses all are. I've never heard of Kate but I'm sure she'll do fine"
Small: We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wa
"We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works"
Small: Theres a new science out called orthomolecular medicine. You correct the chemical imbalance with amino
"There's a new science out called orthomolecular medicine. You correct the chemical imbalance with amino acids and vitamins and minerals that are naturally in the body"
Small: Nothing spooky or terrible happened on set, but we were told to say it had. We were giving a press conf
"Nothing spooky or terrible happened on set, but we were told to say it had. We were giving a press conference and the writers were going on about these terrible things that supposedly happened while we were filming"
Small: If youre gonna fall apart, do it in your own bedroom
"If you're gonna fall apart, do it in your own bedroom"
Small: I think the little girl in Smallville is terrific, but I only watched it once
"I think the little girl in Smallville is terrific, but I only watched it once"
Small: Horrifying as it was to crack up in the public eye, it made me look at myself and fix it. People were e
"Horrifying as it was to crack up in the public eye, it made me look at myself and fix it. People were exploitative; that's human nature"
Small: Chris was a friend of mine, I loved him. I didnt see him for 18 months before he died, but Id met him s
"Chris was a friend of mine, I loved him. I didn't see him for 18 months before he died, but I'd met him several times after the accident. What was remarkable was his personal growth in his interior life"
Small: I love horror movies because theyre really fun. They tap into those wonderful primal emotions
"I love horror movies because they're really fun. They tap into those wonderful primal emotions"
Small: I was very active in the peace movement, still am
"I was very active in the peace movement, still am"
Small: The first Superman film took up a huge chunk of our lives, but it was a wonderful time for us.
"The first Superman film took up a huge chunk of our lives, but it was a wonderful time for us. We were young, my daughter was little, we were filming in London for a year, so we became like a close family"
Small: Im a grandmother with dogs and nice friends here in the Rocky mountains. Ever see the movie A River Run
"I'm a grandmother with dogs and nice friends here in the Rocky mountains. Ever see the movie A River Runs Through It? That's where I live. It's beautiful, no two ways about it"
Small: I went to work and did a lot of homework about what was wrong with me
"I went to work and did a lot of homework about what was wrong with me"
Small: I liked the fact that Lois was one person with Clark and another with Superman. I think that, as women,
"I liked the fact that Lois was one person with Clark and another with Superman. I think that, as women, we do that a lot when we fall in love"