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.

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.

Sweat makes good friendship cement.

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.

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 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.