We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.

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.

When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

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

Women who put on a few pounds after starting lithium sometimes say the cure is worse than the disease. The weight gain shoots them straight into depression.

Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called life.