Hooked Quotes

“I told her that crochet has helped me throughout my entire career by giving my brain and my hands something to do other than worrying about what people might be saying. And that was way better for me than mindlessly looking at my phone and the noise of social media (message boards on steroids).”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“Acceptance without expectations,” and that allowed me to stay in a relationship with my mother.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“Working with Kelly Bishop was a lifesaver. She played Lorelai’s mother on Gilmore Girls and was Sheila in the original Broadway production of A Chorus Line. She is a broad through and through—and she taught me how to navigate this new world. 'Don’t focus on learning the entire script,' she advised early on. 'Prep for what you need to do three days ahead. Learn it in little chunks. And when you’re done filming a scene, let it go and move on.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“I worked my entire life to be at this moment. I can allow this to be good.” It gives me permission to own my talent. It calms me down. I don’t have to apologize, make myself small. And I can still be nice while doing it.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“her façade was not her truth,”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“She cannot do it. No matter how many times you ask. You must accept that. And stop expecting a different outcome.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“I had been doing badass things my whole life, but I never gave myself the credit. Instead I focused on the times when I had felt more unsure, the things I thought needed fixing.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“there are scars you see and scars you don’t. Some heal and others remain big open wounds. Some you forget about and some you wear like a mark of victory, or of shame.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“All the love and pain I’d felt about losing my mother was finally unleashed—I cried harder over Linus than I had when my mother died.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“When I said goodbye to Ted at the airport, he gave me his gray cardigan so I’d have a piece of him with me. That sweater became my security blanket.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“What makes me incredibly sad is that if she had gone to the doctor right away, she might still be alive. Instead, she let that tumor grow for two years.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“Acceptance without expectations,”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“Feel the feelings, but I’m not leaving,” I said.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“The badass comes from controversy. From obstacles. She comes to survive.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“I don’t have to apologize, make myself small. And I can still be nice while doing it.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“I worked my entire life to be at this moment. I can allow this to be good.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“For every project that I have worked on, mistakes are an integral part of the process. Sometimes I embrace them and include them in the final piece—little reminders that life isn’t perfect, and there is beauty in the imperfections.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“For me, it was a lesson in how you can pick and choose different life ingredients, focusing on the sweetest ones, mixing them all together.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“When I think of her now, she doesn’t seem broken to me. I think of her as a girl gathering herself together, ready to take flight.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“saw how having a hobby gave me something to do other than obsess about the social dynamics around me. The more I cross-stitched, the less I cared what other people thought about me.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“A week later, Joe called: I got the part. My first thought was I wish I could tell my mom. It was the first job I got that she didn’t know about. She had found so many opportunities for me when I was young—and kept such close tabs on me throughout my career—that I couldn’t help but think she had something to do with this one, too. I attributed it to her pulling some strings up in heaven. I felt like being cast as Liza was a gift from her. Thanks, Mom.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

“You’ve got it. Now give it away.”
― Sutton Foster, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life