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

When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.

For a while, I thought, maybe I should direct, until I got to New York and saw the stupidity of that idea. If it's hard to get into acting, what is it like for a woman to become a director?

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.

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

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.