Many people must have looked at my life and thought I was quite fortunate. But I felt lousy about myself - and as you now know, I didn't come from a place where I had a lot of self-confidence.

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

Acting has been my lover and best friend. My confidant and my tormentor. It has given me support and broken my heart and mended it.

I so believe that older women have tremendous value to their families, their community, their country, the world.

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.

I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

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