I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.

You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.

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

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

I love a bit of a sequin and a bead. I do, even though I usually wear trousers, when I put a frock on. I like a bead or a sequin.

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.

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.