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

So many people mistakenly think that the rest of his [John Cassavetes] pictures and the ones we did were improvised, which isn't true. He wrote all the rest of them.

When I went to my parents I was at the University of Wisconsin, and I just couldn't wait anymore to go be an actress.

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

Bette Davis had very strong opinions and was not afraid to express them. She wasn't afraid of anything that I ever saw. And she was so funny. She's just funny and she was laughing all the time.

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

When I was in Middle of The Night, MGM came and offered me a contract and I said that when I got out of the play, I'd like to try it. I didn't know anything about making movies but I was certainly finding it interesting.