I do feel that if it's not on the page, there's no hope of it getting to the stage. You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you. Sometimes there's this real naïveté that people possess, where they want you to infuse a scene with a certain quality, and it's like an apology. "I read the script, didn't you? What's the agenda here?"

When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy.

Blessings come in disguise. And challenges can be a blessing.

I don't know what it is, exactly, but there's a negative drag on film sets after the second week or so, a mutinous vibe because the infinite capacities of the directors and everybody else become quite finite and everybody's under the gun and it becomes work.

I don't lie. I would never stuff my bra because it's going to come off and the truth is going to be revealed. I don't like that padding. I try to be completely - if not brutally - honest.

To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with.

I'm fascinated by how Hollywood has changed since I started. Today it's about immediate delivery. There's less risk and less art.