Fearlessness at twenty springs from not knowing challenges lie ahead. Fearlessness at fifty comes from having wrestled with life's challenges and learned from them.

My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.

When I'm really hot, I can walk into a room and if a man doesn't look at me, he's probably gay.

I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered

I love the new technology in terms of giving access to doing more independent work. When I first started out, any film had to rent from Panavision and the expenses were humongous. Now, given the advances in technology, you can put out extraordinary quality filmmaking at nothing like the price it used to be.

I don't see anything wrong with technology as long as it doesn't interfere with your life.

One of the things I do tell young women, if they want to pursue a career in acting, is to get good stage training. It is essential to have a good basis in stage technique. You can move into film easily, and acquire more skill and more understanding, but you can't necessarily go the other way around. For women, longevity of career will very much be on stage.