It's more interesting to put yourself in the place of Bette Davis than Irene Dunne, I guess.

I read a lot of those Single Girl in New York books, like "Fear of Flying," where you could sort of put yourself, through transference, into the Jewish Girl in New York situation.

I don't think I could ever go to Auschwitz, because when we took that tour of MGM, I nearly collapsed outside the Thalberg building.

It's more interesting to put yourself in the place of Bette Davis than Irene Dunne, I guess.

I stole that from Vito Russo. He said he was a devout believer in Judyism.

I've always wanted to do something where I aged a lot, went from young girl to dowager.

The story of Judith. But one of the reasons I'm doing it is because the roles I've been writing for myself over the past few years have gotten older and older. And I thought, You know, before it's too late, I want to play a sexy, tough young gal again. And I always wanted to do a Biblical epic. So, I'll play a beautiful young widow who saves her people from the Assyrians.