When I was in Middle of The Night, MGM came and offered me a contract and I said that when I got out of the play, I'd like to try it. I didn't know anything about making movies but I was certainly finding it interesting.

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.

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

When I went to my parents I was at the University of Wisconsin, and I just couldn't wait anymore to go be an actress.

Paddy Chayefksy was writing and it was a time where everybody was happy to be there [on TV].

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

[John Cassavetes] came backstage afterwards and introduced himself and we talked a bit, and then went for a little coffee at the Russian Tea Room next door. It just...started.