The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn and in terms of acting, there's a lot to learn. The bigger culture you have in life, the better actor you'll be. You'll have more to pull on.

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

Success as a woman has changed me. That's what I feel is the first thing. When I feel like a successful woman as a rounded human being, then it feeds my work in a broader way so it becomes more interesting.

I'm a perfectionist. I need to be needed. I need to do things for a man. But I don't need to do them as much, these days.

Older people exude bundles of sexuality. Older men and women tend not run around like cats and dogs in heat.

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

If people choose to judge how you look, that's their situation. I didn't feel that it was a problem. I've played all kinds of parts. I've played glamorous, and unglamorous, and all kinds of people. People want to pigeon hole you, I think.