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

Every sacred cow in the business has to do with economics.

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.

It was more freedom than I think most people get when they're starting out - or even when they're not starting out. He [John Cassavetes] did his thing and I did whatever I thought.

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

Because John Cassavetes was so terrific in live TV, a lot of his friends had not been able to participate in that yet and so they asked if he would gather with them at night when I was at the play and tell them what live TV was like, what you had to adjust to because it was its own medium - it had many things you had to be aware of.

He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances.