Linda Blair
Birthday: 22 January 1959, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Birth Name: Linda Denise Blair
Height: 157 cm
From the age of five, Linda Blair had to get used to the spotlight, first as a child model and then as an actress, when out of 600 applicants she was picked for the role of Regan, the possessed child, ...Show More
America is not at a time when we are doing well... It is a very difficult time. Money is tight, and Show more
America is not at a time when we are doing well... It is a very difficult time. Money is tight, and people are doing horrible things in society to others and to animals to make a buck, and it has to stop... You know how people say nowadays, "God, you know I can't get along with my neighbor, I can't get along with so-and-so..." People don't care about their brother, people won't help their brother... It's got to change, it has to change. Hide
[on getting the role of "Reagan MacNeil" in The Exorcist (1973)] I wanted to be a princess. I wanted Show more
[on getting the role of "Reagan MacNeil" in The Exorcist (1973)] I wanted to be a princess. I wanted to be in Disney movies, I wanted to be in "Lassie," I wanted to be in "Flipper." I didn't want to be a monster. Hide
In 1997, when I got involved with animal rescue, the news media said that there was this particular Show more
In 1997, when I got involved with animal rescue, the news media said that there was this particular breed of dog in America named a pit-bull, and if you came across a pit-bull, "It will attack! And you're going to die! Your child's going to die!" So it created a frenzy that everyone assumed was obviously truthful, because "the news is truthful." Well guess what? No, not always. Not only did, 30 years ago, the media give misinformation about who I was, but now they're doing it again, and it's very much - in my opinion - I call it irresponsible journalism. Hide
"I'm not doing this (film) as an art piece, I'm not doing it from my heart, as a statement of my bel Show more
"I'm not doing this (film) as an art piece, I'm not doing it from my heart, as a statement of my beliefs or my philosophy. I'm working." Interview with The Los Angeles Times about Chained Heat (1983), 1983. Hide
[on making it in Hollywood[ Hollywood is a very difficult place. You may feel that you deserve to be Show more
[on making it in Hollywood[ Hollywood is a very difficult place. You may feel that you deserve to be part of it, and sometimes you just don't get that break. It is a hard business, and the word is business, but also enjoy it. It's a wonderful, wonderful craft, and if more people go out and do more independent films, do things that they want to do, they might just find a place for themselves in Hollywood. Hide
Compassion and sharing: that's the true journey of the human spirit.
Compassion and sharing: that's the true journey of the human spirit.
Not a day goes by that somebody doesn't say something about it, which is interesting. My life is pos Show more
Not a day goes by that somebody doesn't say something about it, which is interesting. My life is possessed with "The Exorcist." Hide
It was always very strange for me when I was young and would meet someone who geniunely seemed to be Show more
It was always very strange for me when I was young and would meet someone who geniunely seemed to be afraid of me. They couldn't separate me from the monster I became in a movie. You wouldn't believe how often people ask me to make my head spin around. Hide
Linda Blair's FILMOGRAPHY
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Linda Blair'S roles
