I love to be directed, and I can glean something from almost anyone.

Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

Its so funny whenever things come full circle.

Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.

When [we]were first married, [Wade] begged me to be practical...thank God I lived by my credo: 'Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.

It's great that I don't have to apologize about being over 26.

I keep both of my Tonys on my mantle. Theyre in front of a mirror so if you look at just the right angle, it looks like I have four!

The first thing I ask when Im offered a part is, Whos the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles.

To me, getting notes, honing the part, and refining the role is the real fun of the play.

I try to tell myself I’m not schizophrenic. But when I’m not acting, I’m not alive. Everyday is just not heightened enough for me. I’m more focused, more interesting when I’m working.

I think these are terrible times to be anything in.

Words are like spices. Too many is worse than too few.

You must love yourself first to the soul of your aura.

Spontaneity has its time and its place.

I became as hard as whipcord, but with a brain like cottonwool.

With knowledge there is no hope,... without hope I would sit motionless, rusting like unused armor.

I think that for the developing world there are many versions of capitalism, and countries have to choose one that's appropriate.

For the essential thing about the work of art is that it is work, and very hard work too.

...beauty, like truth, never is so glorious as when it goes the plainest.

Literacy in itself is no education.