I am desperate and vulnerable. ... I am always terrified.... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.

You are not an extra in somebody else's film. You are the star in your own life.

I'm kind of a recluse.

I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.

It's interesting as one grows older to keep in touch with the cutting edge.

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.