I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the intelligence of a man, the spirit of a man.

The world is what you make of it, friend. If it doesn’t fit, you make alterations.

I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the intelligence of a man, the spirit of a man.

I was always trying to make up for my size, to compensate. So to get people to take you seriously, you have to come at things with a great deal of strength. You have to emphasize that the way you are is unusual. That you don't come along every day.

What's it like being opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger? For me? Are you kidding? Maybe if I'm lucky, come up to his navel!

For me to want to be an actor was an improbable idea. I wasn't beautiful or pretty in any conventional way. I wasn't an ingenue at 22. But I was always certain of it and certain of its power. I felt the power when I went to the theater at 9, 10, 12 and 14.

When I was 16, nobody else talked like me. Nobody else sounded like me.