I think everybody wants to connect. There is nothing worse than feeling disconnected. And stories that really move people and make people care are the ones where they feel some sort of connection.

I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.

Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.

It's not good to be in a situation where people don't want to direct you or don't want to question something.

I've distilled everything to one simple principle: win or die!

In a recent issue of Parade Magazine when asked for "Advice for a Younger You," Glenn Close responded: "I'd tell myself to listen to my heart. Listen to that little voice that says, 'Mmm, I don't think so.' Because when you override that, you basically override who you are.

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.