When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled.

Most women in leading roles are very boyish looking. The one girl working right now who I think is a real beauty in a classic sense - the only real 12-cylinder engine - is Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Well, actors get very frustrated with giving control to other people. They have their own ideas and wants for their characters. Warren Beatty once told me that he thought actors ended up directing out of frustration. If you have a strong sense of how to communicate a film, you should direct. The problem is that it is a huge commitment. I'd rather direct a play than a film due to the time. A movie can tie you up for a year or more.

In the film business, when you're young, you just want to work. But when you're older, it has more to do with who's involved with the project - who you're going to get in the boat with.

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting. I'm not bad at it, but I don't think I really have a talent for it.

I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don't speak the language!

To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.