My feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that.

You're not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but Earl Blackwell finally died, and I was on his blacklist every year for being the worst dressed person.

I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject.

It's sort of my fun to sing along with records and imitate people who are on the telephone that have different ways of speaking.

The work will stand, no matter what.

I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.

That consciousness of quality, and the need to demand it can galvanize your energies, not just in your work, but in a rigorous exercise of mind and heart in every aspect of your life.