Never in my life have I ever even thought about anything else [ being anything other than an actress].

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.

I think I have the only parents in the world who would not have said something against become an actress.

After you play a part, you think of it as your own.

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.

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

I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which was in Carnegie Hall, which itself was exciting - just to walk into it.