The older you get, the easier it is to spot the phonies. And I just think, how unpleasant for them.

I guess I do carry a bit of male energy. It's like what I always say - two yangs don't make a right.

Females get hired along procreative lines. After 40, we're kind of cooked.

Saying you're an alcoholic and an addict is like saying you're from Los Angeles and from California.

There are women in makeup and hair and wardrobe, but not in camera, not in sound, you know, and not in special effects. It's all men.

I went to drama college in England - the Central School of Speech and Drama, in London. I was there for not quite two years, then I got Star Wars.

The only one who didn't know was George Lucas. We kept it from him, because we wanted to see what his face looked like when it changed expression--and he fooled us even then. He got Industrial Light and Magic to change his facial expressions for him and THX sound to make the noise of a face-changing expression.