I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start.

As a kid, I just was a contract player at MGM Studios. They put me into goodness knows how many different roles.Some of them were wonderful and some of them were very just distasteful and awful because I was playing out of my age range and I was thoroughly uncomfortable, let's put it that way. So it took me many years to find my acting feet.

All I knew how to do was to act. That's the only thing I had in my favor. That was the thing that propelled me forward.

I can't say that I pursued a career. I really didn't, it just sort of happened.

I'm Angie to everybody, you've got to learn.

I honestly consider that the greatest gift to me, is the reaction that I get from my work. That is a given which I never, ever take for granted. But to be given that by audiences, individuals, on the street, in the theater, is an extraordinary feeling.

I can't say that I deserve longlife; I don't. I've just been around long enough. They say, "My God, she's still here."