I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things.

There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their lips move.

Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat.

As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.

When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation.

I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through that door that allows you to be grown-up.

For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.

The gym is where I get my chill-out time. I try to go six days a week, but when I'm working, that goes down to about three.

I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do?

I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.

So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.

This is how it works now with the news: the story begins with a moral, then a narrative is fashioned to support it.

If the student fails to learn the teacher fails to teach.

The hard struggle which the Pan-Germans fought with the Catholic Church can be accounted for only by their insufficient understanding of the spiritual nature of the people.

Little more can reasonably be aimed at with respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed.

I love it. It's all good to me. Whether I'm performing in New York, L.A., Columbus or Des Moines, I give 110 percent every night.

As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids.

Much of today's psychiatric science is based on wish, myth, and politics.

Sade's stuff is real deceptive. She's got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets.

I don't want nothing old but some old money. Buy me some young ideas. That's what I'm gonna do with it.

I like to use my hands. When I was in theatre in college, that was one of my biggest notes: 'You use your hands too much.