Ultimately, a city is formed by its people and the women in Berkeley are just great. They are opinionated, they have ideas, they belong to boards, and they write letters to editors... really wonderful people.

Is there a grandmother that isn't spunky on television? Is there such a creature?

C'mon, we're actors. We love the attention. We love the applause. We sure don't like to be rejected.

I love playing people who don't have a sense of humor for instance, there's nothing funnier to me than a person with no sense of humor.

You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special.

I'm 81 and I'm in the prime of my life.

I'm an actress, and I am Latina.