To work on great material, what you really end up working on is yourself, your own humanity.

If you're cast right you can actually just let yourself go because all your gestures will be right, all your intonations will be right because you just somewhere understand who this person is.

I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area.

The business of living - that's your artwork, and the process of that is finding out who you are, what it all means.

You don't choose the theatre; The theatre choses you

I'm hyped up when I'm working. Some people eat when they're hyped up and some people don't. I'm the 'don't.

I mean, everybody's star fades in every business; that's just a natural part of life.

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.

I don't think I ever wanted fame.

Anger is very difficult for me to express. I have a tremendous amount of anger but I like to save it . . . for my loved ones.

My timing in life has been extraordinary. I've ridden the crest of the wave of the women's movement.

You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.

I can sing in various genres, but my heart truly lies in singing romantic songs. This has been my forte ever since I was 8 or 9.

When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was fascinated by him living on the edge. Looking back, my life was kind of the same.

Gray sail against the sky, Gray butterfly! Have you a dream for going. Or are you the blind wind's blowing?

The market-driven spectacle of war demands a culture of conformity, quiet intellectuals and a largely passive republic of consumers.

If you know how to shoot, and are quite ready to shoot, the chances are that you won't have to shoot.

It's always tea-time.

"In France," Marcel said with wintry dignity, "accidents occur in the bedroom, not the kitchen."

Usually, autobiography is such an indulgence of the ego.

People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-esteem, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning.