I thought I had learned how to have an intimate relationship. And I thought I'd learned how to be happy. Everybody has issues. For me, the challenge is intimacy, but I really didn't start to get that until I turned 60.

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

Studios weren't banging on my door to offer me parts... And I thought, well how am I ever going to make movies that speak to my heart and to my values?

I wasn't pretty enough to be the pretty girl and I wasn't unattract­ive enough to be the dorky girl.

I finally got it: empower girls and everything changes.

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.

It's hard for women at my age in Hollywood, but I'm not discouraged.