Quotes

I do less waiting by the phone than anyone I know in the business. I don't wait for a job. I just go on to my own work. Some people are suspicious of others who have more than one talent. I've had poets tell me to my face that an actress can't be a poet.

[Recollecting working on the 1981 film "Galaxy of Terror"] We all said during the making of it that it was a film about corridors and tentacles.

[Talking about her experience filming "Galaxy of Terror" in 1981] Nobody walked in and nominated themselves cast asshole, as is often the case. Everybody got along pretty well.

I am an actress. That means I must convey states of being, emotions. Why would I cut the muscles that allow me to frown? I figure that people do get old, and until everyone in the world has their face lifted, somebody's got to play the people who don't. I'm here.