Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.

I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker

I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.