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.

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

Everyone's life is a train wreck. Your life happens to be a high-class train wreck.

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 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 take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people put as much thought into messaging as they used to into writing letters.