It was a very hard play [Woman Under the Influence] to do every night. And John Cassavetes said, "Don't worry. Don't even think about it, you're right. I hadn't thought of that." He said, "Just forget it."

John Cassavetes wrote A Woman Under the Influence as a play. He said, "Hey, I wrote you a play." And I said, "Great, let's read it." I read it and I said, "John, I couldn't do this every night and twice on Wednesday and Saturday".

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

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

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

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.