"As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line."

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"As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line."

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"Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it."

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"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."

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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

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"A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive behind a spotlight than over a spot of tea."

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"As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I've really opened up a lot."

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"James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect."

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"Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do."

Soul

"Good roles are hard to find no matter what age."

Age

"You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does."

Love

"I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated."

Wife

"With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools."

Woman

"I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star."

Business

"Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud of that."

Language

"I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind."

Wind

"It's gotten out of control. It's taking bigger and bigger names to make smaller and smaller films. I worry that important films without a big name attached won't get made at all."

Control

"I've been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here."

Life