I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas.

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In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without...

I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without...

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over...

Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over...

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm...

I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm...

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and...

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and...

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to...

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to...

Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that...

Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that...

And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare...

And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...