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."

You learn the values that are inherent in the scene that the writer has written. You learn about who you as a character are in relation to those others who are working with you within that scene.

It was an extraordinary experience to have backup singers like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I have never experienced anything quite like it before and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

I'd been out of the movies for years, I had had a wonderful stage career, yes, in musicals and so on, but you don't really make any money in the theater.

I don't think about going back to the theater.

The older I get, the more I realize how much I have missed because I was so busy entertaining that audience and so busy pursuing a career.

Actors are not made, they are born.