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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It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone elses eyes.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone elses eyes.

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...

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 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...

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...

I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.

I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.

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

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

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis.

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis.

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'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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting...

I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting...

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...

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...

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.

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...