When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma.

Television really does offer still great parts for women, cable in particular.

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.

Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities.

I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.

A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back.

I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.