The roles that I am attracted to are women who try to do something about their lives, and not a woman who waits for some circumstance or man to come rescue her. I have no interest in that.

I'm very practical. What I'm reaching for is individualism for women

Risk is the willingness to fail.

It's fascinating how all of us, everyday, rely - at some point, to some extent, for some reason - on faith in our life. Whether it's God or not, or "Please help me!"

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

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 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.