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.

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

You know, my hair is very upsetting to people, but it's upsetting on purpose. It is important to look old so that the young will not be afraid of dying. People don't like old women. We don't honor age in our society, and we certainly don't honor it in Hollywood.

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

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

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.

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.