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"I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human."
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"This philosophy teaches us to leave safe harbor for the rough seas of real-world experience, and to accept that a rough copy out in the world serves us far greater than a masterpiece sitting quietly on our shelves."
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"You will never know all there is to know. You will learn until your final days. Then you will inspire someone else. This is what an artist does."
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"Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater."
"I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead."
"My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater."
"This house was our dream-the gardens, the study, even the swimming pool. Even though I can't see John when I wake up in the morning, I can always feel him here with me."
"So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals."
"They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine. They said Annie Leibovitz wants to take your picture and I thought, How nice!"
"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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