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.

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.

[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.

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

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

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

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