I just loved Bette Davis and the fact that I had a chance to work with her [on the 1979 TV movie Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter] was momentous.

I loved Bette Davis when I was little and when I was big and when I got old.

I'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.

People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.

Paddy Chayefksy was writing and it was a time where everybody was happy to be there [on TV].

I think that I was lucky to have that period of time [ like coming to New York] because everything was so exciting and new.

So I went home and I told my mom that I wanted to quit and be an actress and she said, “Huh, that sounds fascinating. It’s wonderful!” And I told my father and he literally said, “I don’t care if you want to be an elephant trainer if it makes you happy.”