I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring.

I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.

I do not admire young actresses whose foreheads cannot move.

The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly.

I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started building a Broadway career to try and develop the chops to be accepted as a great theatrical actress.

What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and I truly admire that

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