I really wanted to go back to the theater, the live theater. That was the thing I had never had a chance to do, even though I had trained to be a stage actress.

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."

Actors are not made, they are born.

I usually arrive at the first rehearsal with a vague memory of most of it. But the real work happens in rehearsal, oddly enough, because what happens is that you match the words to the movement, and once you know where you're moving, then the words that accompany that movement become not locked into your mind and your brain and your whole body.

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.

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.

You just have to be open and ready, and let it all happen.