Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.

You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.

I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything

I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I've never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman - she's really my only idol. It's going to be a big stretch - certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile.