I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.

Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?

I may not be a great actress but I've become the greatest at screen orgasms. Ten seconds of heavy breathing, roll your head from side to side, simulate a slight asthma attack and die a little.

Hollywood is like Picasso's bathroom.

I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we think of boys as being: hard to pin down and wary of commitment.