Both My Parents Were Actors. I Was

I'm Not Glamorous, I Don't Have A Look, I Don't Know Anything About Opera, I Have No Italian, And I'm Too Old.

I'm Interested In Playing Old Ladies Because I Am Becoming One. And I Want To Become A Very Good One!

I Don't Have A Waist: I'm A Breadbox On Top Of Legs.

The Director's Job Is Full Of All Sorts Of Annoyances And Details - Like How Many Cars Are On The Street. Ugh. I Don't Want It. I Like My Gig. And I Feel That For The Next 30 Years Or So I Can Keep Learning More About It.

When You Look At Me You Don't Immediately Imagine A Very Very Glamorous Icon, So It's Only In The Theater That I Get To Do These Experiments. I've Been An Actor About 51 Years Now. I've Played Everything From An 8-year-old Black Boy To A 72-year-old French Matriarch, And They Hardly Hire You To Do That On Tv.