I don’t want to be a mentor in my bedroom.

I don’t want to be a mentor in my bedroom.

Would you just strap some toe shoes on and dance 'Swan Lake?' No. Would you just put a violin in your hand and - ? No. I felt that way about acting, and I was taught to feel that way. I didn't come to it on my own.

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.

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.

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.

The more powerful you become, some people especially don't like it that you're a woman. I stick up for myself.