That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.

I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.

I had a number of great teachers and the ones that really were the strongest influences on me were women. They were really, really smart and interesting women.

I follow no doctrine. I don't belong to a church or a temple or a synagogue or an ashram.

One of the most important keys to acting is curiosity. I am curious to the point of being nosy. What that means is you want to devour lives. You're eager to put on their shoes and wear their clothes and have them become a part of you. All people contain mystery, and when you act, you want to plumb that mystery until everything is known to you.

As there begins to be less time ahead of you, you want to be exactly who you are, without making it easier for everyone else.

Guard your good mood.