So after the Shadows he acted and directed. And it worked out very nicely. And he wrote, obviously.

It was a period when live TV was just starting and getting popular and they took it seriously too. Not so much like TV now. They did Hemingway and Faulkner - and they’re all wonderful artists and it just was very creative at that time.

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.

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

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

John Cassavetes wrote A Woman Under the Influence as a play. He said, "Hey, I wrote you a play." And I said, "Great, let's read it." I read it and I said, "John, I couldn't do this every night and twice on Wednesday and Saturday".