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

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

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

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

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.

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.