I've never had my heart broken. It's a very sad state of affairs. I think everybody should have their heart broken. I don't think it says anything good about me at all.
I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish - there was a bit of nobility about her.
There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.
I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few.
I always wanted to be a great actor.
I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
People really don't understand what actors do.
I wouldn't mind having my heart broken because it would mean that I had that much feeling connected to somebody. And that would be really great.
I grew up in a show-business family, but we were working-class show business. There was nothing glamorous about it. You had great things one day and the next day, nothing.
I'd been kind of a hiccup in my parents' lives. They lost track of me and I didn't know what I was going to do with myself. And then fate reached in and took me in its hands. I was discovered right out of high school and started getting work.
In the 1970s and 1980s, I got to do some great work. The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.
I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.
I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a real physical person.
When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing.
I'm looking for a bunch of new tchotchkes that represent the new part of my life.
Never, ever, have I felt really accepted in Hollywood.
I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.
You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.
I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.
