I'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.

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.

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

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

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'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.

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