The whole process of working with Steven [Sebring] and being filmed by him helped me psychologically to get my feet back on the ground.

You can't make a mistake when you improvise.

We never had any children," he said ruefully. "Our work was our children.

Well, I'm not one of those people who needs the limelight. If I'm performing, that's what I'm doing. If I'm not, I don't long for it. I don't need the approval of an audience, or applause.

In the war of magic and religion, is magic ultimately the victor? Perhaps priest and magician were once one, but the priest, learning humility in the face of God, discarded the spell for prayer.

I don't wear makeup. I can't stand nothin' on my face. It's a phobia. It's not a platform.

A lullaby should be timeless because it's a timeless concept - the birth of the child.