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 thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.

I usually do get to play the very sweet, charming roles... but I'm not an obvious kind of villain.

I know that Philadelphians hate New York actors passing off New York accents as Philadelphian when they are quite different.

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

It's fascinating. It's also exhilarating when you see people making the exact same choices that you've made. It kind of validates what you've decided to do. I saw a wonderful production of Jessica Lange doing Streetcar with Alec Baldwin. It was gorgeous. It's a measure of what a great classic that is, that our Cate Blanchett also did an absolute amazing Blanche in Sydney, as well as in New York.