I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.
I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested.
I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame.
Television really does offer still great parts for women, cable in particular.
A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back.
After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.
I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.
I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself.
I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.
It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.
Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!
Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities.