You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have to be here, you have to be now, you have to be present.
But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me whole. It's there. I'm already whole.
I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.
Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.
There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!
I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.
The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.
The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.
I haven't had an orthodox career.
The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.
Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.
I really like cable T.V.
I don't want to look old and worn, but what can you do? My real focus is being an actor. I care more about having the opportunity to play roles that I haven't played than I care if my neck looks like someone's bedroom curtains.
