"damn my intuition here it goes wish i didn’t know the things I know youre backing off from me i saw it happening the moment she came back to you"
I sometimes get a funny feeling, that Alicia Witt has to shut down hal — Alicia Witt
"I sometimes get a funny feeling, that Alicia Witt has to shut down half her cerebellum to have a conversation with me."
Alicia Roanne Witt is an American actress and musician. She first came to fame as a child actress after being discovered by David Lynch, who cast her in Dune (1984) as Alia and Twin Peaks (1990) as Gersten Hayward. Her latest album, produced by Joe Henry, will be released in summer 2026 through Thirty Tigers and is a tribute to her relationship to Lynch, who she has described as having ‘changed my
Alicia Roanne Witt is an American actress and musician. She first came to fame as a child actress after being discovered by David Lynch, who cast her in Dune (1984) as Alia and Twin Peaks (1990) as Gersten Hayward. Her latest album, produced by Joe Henry, will be released in summer 2026 through Thirty Tigers and is a tribute to her relationship to Lynch, who she has described as having ‘changed my
1995–1998
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View all →"I’m done with wrapping boxes buying things that no one wanted trying on my own to save the day while dad plays cards and bro reads verses mom’s in tears between the curses I need a fucking holiday I’m not ready for Christmas."
"Shes very talented in everything shes ever done … [her brother Ian is also] a very talented boy, and I was advanced. But no one has seen anything like Alicia."
"Arguably the smartest person ever to perform in the genre that gave us Green Acres. Exposed to Shakespeare as an infant — her mother, Diane, a former junior high reading teacher, would read aloud from his plays — Witt was able to recite from Romeo and Juliet and the sonnets at 2. By then, on some cognitive tests she was scoring at the level of a high school senior."
"Whatever youve accomplished theres always more to experience."
"I dont consider myself to be a quote-unquote "good girl". Im not prim and proper and polite. Im very honest, and I love talking about sex, or peoples deviances. I love psychology. I like listening to or talking about any personality traits that are unusual. Thats what I like about acting."
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"I say this to you because we Spaniards are a forgetful people, because we are used to living for the moment, because we do not look back, because we do not know how to see the chain of heroes, because we do not contemplate the sum of sacrifices."
"Sharon Tate was my best friend. Once, we were roommates. She introduced me to my husband. She was the godmother to my baby daughter who is named for her. In the six years time that I knew her, she never said an unkind word about anyone."
"Long time to see. (VS: Tapion)"
"Most mathematicians prove what they can, von Neumann proves what he wants." Once in a discussion about the rapid growth of mathematics in modern times, von Neumann was heard to remark that whereas thirty years ago a mathematician could grasp all of mathematics, that is impossible today. Someone asked him: "What percentage of all mathematics might a person aspire to understand today?" Von Neumann went into one of his five-second thinking trances, and said: "About 28 percent."
"Children must be free to think in all directions irrespective of the peculiar ideas of parents who often seal their childrens minds with preconceived prejudices and false concepts of past generations. Unless we are very careful, very careful indeed, and very conscientious, there is still great danger that our children may turn out to be the same kind of people we are."