I was exposed to a mix of cultures, lots of different religions and beliefs. I was a spiritual kid and went to Indian powwows and Buddhist temples. But over a period of time, with reading and thinking, I started to feel it was all so absurd: The whole idea of life after death is ridiculous.

It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's the wonderful part about life. And that's terrific.

In London they don't like you if you're still alive.

The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.

In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things.

I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.

The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.