Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack.

It turns out that our notions of what a 'self' is and how it might feel fulfilled have no more objective status than most of the rest of reality. It seems we make ourselves up as we go along.

A sense of belonging is a sine qua non of healthy psychological functioning everywhere. Such a sense, beginning in infancy and continuing throughout life, comes about by experiencing mutual empathy; by sensing oneself as part of a whole, which recognizes and accepts that one is a member.

John Wayne is not just an actor, and a very fine actor - John Wayne is the United States of America.

I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart.

There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles.

I saw myself as Joan of Arc.