I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we think of boys as being: hard to pin down and wary of commitment.

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Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?

Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?

I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest...

I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest...

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to...

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to...

I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.

I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.

Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior.

Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior.

I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when...

I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when...

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to...

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to...

It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once...

It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once...

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

I've never felt more comfortable in my skin, I've never enjoyed life as much and...

I've never felt more comfortable in my skin, I've never enjoyed life as much and...

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set...

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set...

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in...

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in...

When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't...

When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't...

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should...

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should...

But when I disappeared, it sort of pissed me off, that guys get to go...

But when I disappeared, it sort of pissed me off, that guys get to go...

I couldn't hold it together today. George Clooney asked me if I was OK, and...

I couldn't hold it together today. George Clooney asked me if I was OK, and...

I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his...

I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his...

I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my...

I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my...

I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment...

I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment...