What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.

I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.

As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.

My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.

I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.

I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: "I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can't. It's the best film I've seen since Citizen Kane".

Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.