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.

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.

Love is as strict as acting. If you want to love somebody, stand there and do it. If you don't, don't. There are no other choices.

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

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.