The kind of acting I love is when you watch and you discover what you think perhaps you weren't supposed to see: the chink in the armor.

An actress spends a lifetime observing people. You build up a mental library. No, not a library. Make that a repository.

I had never heard anyone play like Benny Goodman and had never seen anyone like him on the stage. I realize now that what impressed me and stayed with me in memory was - the sounds he made. He played so purely. The music seemed to come from him, not just the instrument he played with such mastery.

My grandmother always used to say, "If you know your past and you know where you have to go, why do you rehearse?" I always remember this and it's true. You have to start each day again-you can't repeat what you did.

There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.

If I had a religious belief, I would want it to be as strong as my belief in the theater.

The kind of acting I love is when you watch and you discover what you think perhaps you weren't supposed to see: the chink in the armor.