Tennessee Williams was so adept at portraying characters who are both fallible and vulnerable. Women were a huge influence in his life, his mother and sister in particular.
I never gave up believing that there was much more to life than how I was living it.
I like my life. It's good.
If my accomplishments frighten someone, it's nothing to do with me - that's to do with them. But the men who are in my life see me as a person - as a woman - not as a character I've played.
My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business.
I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children.
I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.
I was very close to my father. At the age of ten I wanted to do plays, and my father was very encouraging. When I applied to different acting schools, he was right there and very supportive.
I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.
I follow life's changes, continue with my time-outs, and remain curious about what's next.
I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s.
Once you have a child, that becomes your life, and while that's the way it should be, I sort of have a love affair with my work. Having said that, many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.
If I'm producing, I'm not acting, and it's such a long road to get anything off the ground.
In my life and career I want to embrace ageing because I think that's what's interesting.
I am no size zero or super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.
Being a gossip reporter just isn't a respectable job. It'll chew you up and spit you out.
My film career was always to support my theater career.
The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love.
I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.
I like movies I can relate to.
