I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.

I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.

To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.

I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.

We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.

Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting intensely); a vivid imagination as well as a grip on reality; the desire to communicate one's own experience and sensations, to make one's self heard and seen.

I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.