I never wanted to have to take a job because I didn't have any money.

I'm good at disguising my feelings.

It takes years for me to trust; I know that about myself. A lot of it is because I am so private, and so reluctant to make myself vulnerable.

I worked so hard for so long - I did a lot of movies. I also worked a lot when my kids were smaller, before they were in school.

My grandmother raised five children during the Depression by herself. At 50, she threw her sewing machine into the back of a pickup truck and drove from North Dakota to California. She was a real survivor, so that's my stock. That's how I want my kids to be too.

I don't really know what Hollywood is. I've never really known.

I went to court-reporting school to study stenotyping. After awhile, whenever anybody spoke, in my mind my fingers would be punching it out. Even two years after I quit, my mind still did that.