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.

If you accept limitations then, yeah, you'll be limited. If you don't accept limitations then the horizon is pretty vast.

Women are usually only interesting to studio executives when they are fecund, between the ages of 15 and 30. I decided to get through the really tough patch, around 50, by just cutting my price and playing ten years older. I didn't want to have to wait until I was an old lady to play one.

I'm sorry I didn't wear paint this morning. I tend not to wear it unless I'm getting highly paid.

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 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.