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

You just can't complain about being alive. It's self-indulgent to be unhappy. When asked how she has coped since husband's death.

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.”

I read the script of [Woman Under the Influence ] 50 times. And I thought about it. And then I did it.

If I have something I like to forget, then I forget it.

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

Of course I would change anything if John Cassavetes said so - it's his script. But he was very easy about that.