1. “I don’t take characters home with me.”
2. “I may be ignorant but I ain’t stupid.”
3. “When I’m pushing myself, testing myself, that’s when I’ happiest. That’s when the rewards are greatest.”
4. “You shouldn’t change what you are in the search for success.”
5. “I’ve not had a mean life.”
6. “You know, your career is just your career; your life is your life!”
7. “You know, I don’t know what the future will bring, but I’m ready for whatever comes!”
8. “A great screenplay is the most powerful bait in Hollywood.”
9. “You don’t forget the movies, but you forget the details of them.”
10. “I’m a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors.”
11. “Nature is my church. The wind in the trees and the bugs and the frogs. All those things are comfort to me.”
12. “For me, life is a bowl of cherries.”
13. “I am a woman of simple tastes.”
14. “I think giving up people is a difficult thing.”
15. “It’s a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.”
