My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.

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Hollywood - that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

Hollywood - that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater...

I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater...

I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

I just let the character speak to me and things appear.

I just let the character speak to me and things appear.

The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and...

The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and...

I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five...

I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five...

Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work...

Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work...

It's no accident that Tony Hopkins is a wonderful film actor.

It's no accident that Tony Hopkins is a wonderful film actor.

I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human.

I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human.

When you're a woman in your 40s, it's not the best time to do films,...

When you're a woman in your 40s, it's not the best time to do films,...

My acting career helped pull me through the rough times.

My acting career helped pull me through the rough times.

There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are...

There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are...

I took individual photographs of Annie Liebovitz, I kept taking her picture.

I took individual photographs of Annie Liebovitz, I kept taking her picture.

There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed.

There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed.

This house was our dream-the gardens, the study, even the swimming pool. Even though I...

This house was our dream-the gardens, the study, even the swimming pool. Even though I...

They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine....

They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine....

There's a great difference between being popular and being an artist.

There's a great difference between being popular and being an artist.

Men are allowed to get older and women are not.

Men are allowed to get older and women are not.