When you're a woman in your 40s, it's not the best time to do films, because there really aren't that many roles. Then you reach 50 and there are more roles again. Mother parts.

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

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

I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

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...

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

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

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....

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...

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

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

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

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

My acting career helped pull me through the rough times.

My acting career helped pull me through the rough times.

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...

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 just let the character speak to me and things appear.

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

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...

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.

My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what...

My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what...

Men are allowed to get older and women are not.

Men are allowed to get older and women are not.

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.

In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a...

In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a...

He reminded me a little of Walt Disney's version of a mad scientist.

He reminded me a little of Walt Disney's version of a mad scientist.

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.