For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it.

There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five.

I don't really know why, but danger has always been an important thing in my life - to see how far I could lean without falling, how fast I could go without cracking up.

Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.

Just one more word. If I ever run into any of you bums on the street corner, just let's pretend we never met before.

Hell is paved with good samaritans.

She's television generation. She learned life from Bugs Bunny. The only reality she knows comes to her through the television set.