I don't mind aging. I mean, my whole thing is, it's just a privilege to age.

I love actors, regardless of where they are in their skill level. There's something terribly satisfying about working with someone who's really learning.

I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.

Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.

I get very, very, very irritable with people who complain about getting old, because I know a lot of people who would gladly trade places with us. I'm not saying it's easy, I'm not saying it doesn't hurt your feelings, I'm not saying it's not painful - and physically as well as mentally and spiritually - and it's frightening at times. However, people have really lost perspective, and it's a really bizarre topic of conversation that it's become a cultural peg in our world that aging is a bad thing. It's not logical to me.

I know that actors and actresses have a great reputation for being very, very selfish, and in some cases, that's very true. But in the theater I find it doesn't help you to be selfish. You sort of have to be selfless in the theater, and the more selfless you are - that doesn't mean don't take care of yourself - but the more you sort of surrender to the work, I find, the better the work is. That's just my experience.

For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.