You Don't Always Win Your Battles, But

Everything In This Country [the Us] Has Got To Be Good Looks And Unlined Faces And Thin Bodies And People Running Around In Skirts Slit Up To Their Ass. It Has Nothing To Do With Thinking Or With Being A Human Being. There Is Life In Mature People; It's Not All Over At 24½.

How Long An Actress Lives Professionally Depends On Her Stamina, The Extent Of Her Masochism, Her Imagination, And Her Yearning For Recognition Or Approval.

I Hope I'm Thought Of As Not Just A Showbiz Personality, But As Someone Who Has Lived A Life And Who Has Hopefully Made A Contribution To Something Along The Way - Someone Who Is A Human Being As Well As An Actress.

When Everything Happens To You When You're So Young, You're Very Lucky, But By The Same Token, You're Never Going To Have That Same Feeling Again. The First Time Anything Happens To You - Your First Love, Your First Success - The Second One Is Never The Same.

The Problem In America As Far As Actors Are Concerned - And It's Probably True In Other Fields, As Well - Is That They Don't Value People Who Are Older Or Talented. I Don't Think Ability Means Anything. How Much Money You Have Or How Much Money You Can Make For Them Are The Only Things They Seem To Care About Or Understand.