I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.

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I came from a real working-class show business family.

I came from a real working-class show business family.

I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make...

I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make...

I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a...

I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a...

There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people...

There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people...

I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed...

I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed...

But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave...

But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave...

But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me...

But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me...

You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have...

You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have...

If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.

If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.

I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.

I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.

I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had...

I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had...

My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'

My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis.

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!

I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind...

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind...

I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I...

I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I...

I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.

I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.

My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My...

My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My...

There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything...

There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything...