You don't have to have a man! Masturbation is especially useful for older women, because men die sooner than we do. And so: Use it or lose it. It's not critical that every woman wants to stay juiced up. But if they do, it's perfectly fine. It's a lot easier to feel sexy and perform safely when you're flexible and have a certain amount of strength left. If you keep moving - walking, staying strong, doing squats - then having sex is both safer and more pleasurable, and you feel more empowered and better about yourself.

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?

The absolute minimum for effective exercise is three times a week on alternate days for at least half an hour.

When you're an older woman [in a movie] you tend to be in - how did you put it? You're the brunt of the joke.

The most incredible beauty and the most satisfying way of life come from affirming your own uniqueness.

I think what's happening in the world - there's nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded.

Relationships are the oxygen of the psyche.