I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.

I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.

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".

Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.

Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.

The artist as citizen is here to stay.

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor, superstar, stupid star - they're misleading. It's a myth.