I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the High School of Performing Arts.

There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

I eat cheese and salami and a lot of fried chicken. I eat a big bag of oatmeal-raisin cookies every night and I don't gain weight. I still look OK as long as I'm dressed.

Men who love their mothers treat women wonderfully. And they have enormous respect for women.

No more bare bodies in film scenes for me. For my children's sake, I must stop. The other kids at school keep throwing it up to my children, and they are not kind.

When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son.

My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work.

The more powerful you become, some people especially don't like it that you're a woman. I stick up for myself.

My nickname was Skinabo - skin and bones.

My husband thinks he's compromising if we have one cook instead of three.

We must read, mediate and affirm the writings of Holy Scriptures, to partake in the divine nature and overcome the struggles of life.

A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.

Representing Australia has always been a honour and a privilege, and the older and more experienced I get, the more I enjoy it.

Ten years from now I will tell you how I feel about umpires.

Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does.

If you felt like you've done the best thing you could possibly ever do, it's probably time to hang up your spurs because there's not much else to do.

Speaking to a lawyer about pictures is something like talking to a butcher about humanity.

The Jews will become socialist colonisers with strong fists and sharp teeth, a strong national group within the Soviet family of nations.

If you don't like bacteria, you're on the wrong planet.

Man's nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.