JoBeth Williams quotes:

I wanted to play the part that Mary Kay played, the lawyer who wanted to have baby and felt her clock ticking, because it was something I could relate to.

I think a lot of the time, we don't give our family connections the kind of credit they deserve, like how important they are to us and how much they mean to us. I think family makes all the difference.

It was my first scene in any movie and my only scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. I was petrified.

I was raised in cities but I was raised in Texas, so there's a certain amount of connection to the earth.

I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better.

I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever.

I was concerned about doing a sequel and repeating myself. That was before I read the script.

You can't go through life without your heart being bruised or broken. Otherwise, you're not truly, fully, a person.