To be used in a part without depth is a frustrating feeling, when you know you have something to give.

I was never any good in the school theatrical productions. I always got a role like the March Hare.

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 could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected.

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.

At the time, 1980, people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear, resentment and anger.

I have very intense conversations with friends, people I really interconnect with. We talk about politics, important things. I like to talk about ideas and get people to be specific.