Meg Tilly Net Worth

Meg Tilly's Quotes

• [on her retirement from acting] Do I regret quitting? Absolutely not. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. I had the privilege of watching my children grow up. I was there for the joys and the sorrows, the challenging heartbreaking times as well as the giddy, exuberant triumphs. I would not have traded those years for anything in the world.
• I really enjoy acting. At home I can't even finish a sentence, and here am I reading these wonderful lines. I think it must be every housewife's dream, to be an actress part-time.
• I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn.
• I'm not that fashion-conscious. A lot of time, when women are appearing to be so perfect, it's because they're a mess underneath.
• If you meet people who have been successful in Hollywood, or look at their photographs, you see a haunted look in their eyes. You sense a trapped feeling.

Interesting Facts about Meg Tilly

1. Son, with Colin Firth, William Joseph Firth (b. 1990).
2. Younger sister of actress Jennifer Tilly and Steve Tilly.
3. Was originally cast as Mozart's wife in Amadeus (1984), but had to leave after tearing a ligament in her leg during a soccer game with her children one day before her shooting started.
4. Relationship with Colin Firth began while filming Milos Forman's Valmont (1989).
5. In high school, everyone called Jennifer, Meg, and their younger sister Becky the Three Musketeers.
6. Her father was of Chinese descent and her mother had Irish and Finnish ancestry.
7. 1995: Retired from acting and moved to British Columbia, Canada, to devote herself to writing and raising a family.
8. Her first fiction novel was "Singing Songs" (1994; Dutton Books) based on memories of her own childhood. Her second novel "Gemma" (2006; Syren Book Company), is a graphic, disturbing tale about child sexual abuse, which has prompted her to recently reveal her own true-life sexual abuse as a youngster growing up.
9. While older sister Jennifer Tilly has remained mum about the history of childhood sexual abuse in the family recently revealed by Meg (which included her stepfather and one of her mother's boyfriends), youngest sister Becky has corroborated her sister's revelations.
10. While filming One Dark Night (1982), she was incredibly uncomfortable in the actual mausoleum. Her reactions to her surroundings were often genuine. During the scenes where she was hysterical, she actually did throw herself into hysterics and it took her awhile after each take to calm herself down.
11. Said that her worst film experience was working with Anthony Perkins and director Richard Franklin in Psycho II (1983). Her best film experience was working with director Norman Jewison and co-stars, Jane Fonda and Anne Bancroft in Agnes of God (1985). Interestingly, both films resulted in Tilly being nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe and an Oscar.
12. Children from her marriage to Tim Zinnemann: Emily (b. 1984) and David (b. 1986).
13. Was in consideration for the part of Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction (1994) but Uma Thurman, who went on to receive a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.
14. Former daughter-in-law of Fred Zinnemann.
15. Ex-sister-in-law of Sam Simon.
16. Younger sister, Becky, is a post-impressionist painter.
17. Abandoned acting after Journey (1995) in order to focus on her family and her writings. She didn't act again until Caprica: Unvanquished (2010).