The director's job is full of all sorts of annoyances and details - like how many cars are on the street. Ugh. I don't want it. I like my gig. And I feel that for the next 30 years or so I can keep learning more about it.

Sweat makes good friendship cement.

I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than what they can offer it. The way I see it, if you come with something to offer, you can offer it forever.

I don't have a waist: I'm a breadbox on top of legs.

I'm not glamorous, I don't have a look, I don't know anything about opera, I have no Italian, and I'm too old.

I think the 20s are a vastly overrated decade. We promise kids that once they get out of school, life will begin and their dreams will come true. But then comes the struggle.

I'm interested in playing old ladies because I am becoming one. And I want to become a very good one!