Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.

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I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single...

I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single...

I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and...

I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and...

If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and...

If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and...

I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up.

I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up.

I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a...

I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a...

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle...

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle...

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's...

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's...

I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to...

I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to...

When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there...

When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there...

I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty...

I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty...

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read...

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read...

I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my...

I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my...

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and...

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and...

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.

I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do...

I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do...

I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day,...

I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day,...

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called Life.

Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called Life.

The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you...

The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you...