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

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

Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially.

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.

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

It was a very hard play [Woman Under the Influence] to do every night. And John Cassavetes said, "Don't worry. Don't even think about it, you're right. I hadn't thought of that." He said, "Just forget it."

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.