I would say the biggest risk I always take is going in front of a live audience. There's nothing more risky to do. You have to really leave yourself open to your own authenticity, and you find that out pretty quick.

I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor.

I'm too direct and too unsparingly impatient.

Melt their weapons, melt their hearts, melt their anger with love.

The spirit is something to be enjoyed. It is not a harsh discipline. And I think people should take some time everyday for some kind of moving meditation, like Qigong or Tai Chi.

I would say the biggest risk I always take is going in front of a live audience. There's nothing more risky to do. You have to really leave yourself open to your own authenticity, and you find that out pretty quick.

Technology has outstripped our knowledge of self.