Louis Armstrong said you have to live a life. And that's right. If you don't live a life, you don't got nothin' to come out your horn.

I've had such an odd career. I always wanted to be a great actor. I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn - ish - there was a bit of nobility about her. Instead I've always felt like the mutt standing on the sidelines, panting and saying, "Me, too! How about me?" That's just part of my personality.

When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing.

The roles... the deep roles that I've gotten to play have turned my course. They've changed my life experience.

I've never had my heart broken.

And I realized that sometimes the greatest triumphs in your life come in on little cat feet and sit on silent haunches and it's up to you to see it before it moves on.

The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.