I went into the family business. To me, it was the norm and not the exception.

I went into the family business. To me, it was the norm and not the exception.

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

Sweat makes good friendship cement.

Both my parents were actors. I was schooled to think that acting was an important social service, that it was something that human beings need.

When you look at me you don't immediately imagine a very very glamorous icon, so it's only in the theater that I get to do these experiments. I've been an actor about 51 years now. I've played everything from an 8-year-old black boy to a 72-year-old French matriarch, and they hardly hire you to do that on TV.

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