For life: it is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: the truth can only be recalled, never invented.

I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.

I had to use my wits or else I'd have been sunk - and nothings going to sink me. Everyone was always pulling at me, tugging at me, as if they wanted a piece of me. It was always, 'do this, do that,' and not just on the job but off, too. God, I've tried to stay intact, whole.

Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me when the director says, 'One tear, right now,' that one tear would pop out.

My marriage didn't make me sad, but it didn't make me happy either. My husband and I hardly spoke to each other. This wasn't because we were angry. We had nothing to say. I was dying of boredom.

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.