We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

I knew that my newfound activism and feminism was going to improve my acting, because I was seeing things not just in very narrow, individual, kind of Freudian terms, but seeing them in a much broader, societal way that was going to deepen and enrich my talent.

The challenge is not to be perfect. It’s to be whole.

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.

Shortly after I turned 50, both Ted Turner and the AARP came into my life. The only difference? With AARP, there were benefits.

I left acting for 15 years, and I think it's really nice to have another life. I took too much for granted when I was younger.

So much is made of good, strong roles for women. Actually, it's really interesting playing vul­nerable people as well.