For A Long Time, I Was Almost

I Remember When I First Started Being In Magazines, I Had Pretty Thin Skin. I Was This Nerd That Read Books And Stayed Home And Didn't Go Out.

For A Long Time, I Was Almost Ashamed Of Being An Actress. I Felt Like It Was A Shallow Occupation. People Would Be Watching My Every Move.

If You're A Musician, You Can Practice Your Guitar Every Day And Write Songs, But When You're An Actor, You Can't Just Like Burst Into A Monologue. Your Only Exercise Is When You're In Prep Or You're Working.

No One Is Banging My Door Down To Be A Superhero. I Don't Know How Good I Would Be. I Have Low Bone Density, So I Don't Know If Anyone Really Wants To Put Me In A Cape And Chuck Me Out A Window. But A Lot Of My Friends, Who Are Great Actors And Who Come From Film, Are Doing Tv Because That's Where The Opportunities Are. For Us, It Does Feel Like It's Similar To Making The Movies That We Used To Make.

Bette Davis, She Was So Brilliant And One Of My Heroes, But She Worked A Ton, And Then She Didn't Get All About Eve [1950] Until The Last Minute. Claudette Colbert Was Supposed To Be Margo Channing, But Then She Broke Her Back And Couldn't Do It. That Allowed Davis To Play Her Age.