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

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

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.

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

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.

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.