I never would've imagined in the first part of my life that I could've stood up and said anything. The war in Vietnam changed me. I was so angry. Some of my speeches probably weren't well considered.

When I was in my 40s was I simply produced my own movies because no one offered me anything. But certainly after 50 it's hard for a woman, which is why television is such a welcoming thing.

I'll smoke pot every now and then. I cannot see a movie on pot. The number of movies I've seen thinking, This is probably the best I have ever seen, and then I'll see it again sober and think, What was I thinking?

I like to be wild in passion and calculated in expression! I'm both. I like to be wild in passion more. But I think the balance is what's essential.

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

Physical fitness is a three-legged stool: strength, aerobic capacity, and flexibility.

Don't give up. There are lessons to be learned even in the most horrendous pain. And you don't know that when you're young.