When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there's always a fresh way of looking at something. That's why I love working with young people. They remind you of things you used to know and have since forgotten.

I'm a nice middle-class girl in real life, and I'm a mom and a grandma, and I usually play sweet characters.

The libel laws in Australia are a lot tougher than they are in America.

Well, let's say Asian. Some are Japanese. Some are Chinese. Some are Thai. Some are Vietnamese. He runs the gamut. And I actually happen to have a very dear daughter-in-law who's Japanese. I don't know what she's going to make of the film, but I say a few disparaging things.

I'm good at not laughing. It's not that I don't want to. I'm too old and experienced.

I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do.

I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.