I was always the child who wore her emotions on her sleeve.

Its important that kids learn, but I really dont like all the testing, testing, testing.

Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany.

If you are not in the red playroom of pain and pleasure, … shooting the movie is much like doing any other movie.

I celebrated [my 50th birthday] by throwing a big bowl on the pottery wheel, then going for a water ski at the lake on our property in the Catskills, and that night, skinny-dipping under the stars. Just being free and joyful. And that's how I [felt] about turning 50.

I was always the child who wore her emotions on her sleeve.

In the theater, it's about taking time in a musical segment, a pause in a musical way and then moving on.