I'm a little more extreme than a homebody. Unless there's some event I really have to go to, I don't like to leave my house.

A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.

Men who love their mothers treat women wonderfully. And they have enormous respect for women.

I guess if you're lucky enough not to have to pay your rent, then you or I take much more seriously the kind of work that I do, what it takes for me to leave two teenagers of my own and six stepchildren and a husband and four grandchildren.

I am to a fault an introspective person. But I am not a reflective person - except for a big mistake, and then I really think about it.

I'm Method trained. How is this character like me? What does she think of her mother? What does her mother think of her? It's like construction, and then, yes, you hope you're talented and that the universe aligns and captures the kind of laborer's work you've done and whatever else sprinkles down on you, and it's all caught on film or onstage.

Skinniness is not your friend when you're over 40. I'd like to gain a good 10 pounds, but I did always have a fat, round face that plagued me when I was young. When I started to make movies, I couldn't look at myself.