People call me and ask me for advice all the time. On an elevator they tell me their problems. I think it's in part because I'm Italian so I'm emotionally available and I have a friendly persona.

Every once in a while in an actor's life, a cast comes together.

One of my teachers says the sound you hear in the center of the universe is laughter. I don't know if it's true, but if you do something and 30 years later it still produces laughter, that's a fantasy you can't make up.

Shirley MacLaine once said that she didn't want to be a big star, just a long star. That's what I want too.

When you decide you're going to join a project, it's all about the gift you're giving the audience.

Hollywood is a very interesting place to deal with. And having been a theatre person, I was quite surprised by the slipperiness of some people in Holly-weird. There was a part of me that just said, 'If this is the way the game is played, I'm not sure I want to play it.

I'm happy about who and what I am - and I can't wait to find out who I'll be tomorrow.