I'm not sure I'll come back to this planet. I may come back to another one.

Then come the lights shining on you from above. You are a performer. You forget all you learned, the process of technique, the fear, the pain, you even forget who you are you become one with the music, the lights, indeed one with the dance.

On the stage you try to act real. On the screen you try to be real.

I'm not one for wardrobe.

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.

Fear is concealed in smiles and flashing teeth. 'Please say you still love me,' the kings and queens are really saying. And, when they fare badly, they return to their palaces and sleep fitfully.

I look like a real bag lady when I go to Starbucks with my dog and get my chai.