New York was the only city I knew in the world where you could be desperately lonely at nine in the morning, crossing the street for a bagel at Gristede's, and find that seven hours later you were drinking Irish coffee at P.J. Clarke's with all the friends you had inherited along the way.

no one ever really leaves Hollywood. No one really leaves unless they are called away by God. Even then, the impulse would be to come back again and make a movie about the experience.

My gift is that I'm not beautiful. My career was never about looks. It's about health and being in good shape.

I love the idea that I'm the oldest one in the room because I can get away with anything!

I'm very involved with learning to be self-sufficient.

For if the talent or individuality is there, it should be expressed. If it doesn't find its way out into the air, it can be turned inward and gnaw like the fox at the Spartan boy's belly.

You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable and get a good take.