At about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers

It never occurred to me that I couldn't change things that needed changing or couldn't have what I wanted if I worked hard enough and was good enough

There's something so muffled about the way you experience things. It's as if you were trying to slip through life unchanged.

You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious.

I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate

I know there are nights when I have power, when I could put on something and walk in somewhere, and if there's a man who doesn't look at me, it's because he's gay.

The roles that are written for women as they grow older in theater are much richer and much more powerful.