Believe me, it jabs you. When you`re on the side of buses and New York loves you, you love to go out there every night. It`s like a race. Curtain opens, out you go, and New York is yours.

I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many.

I`ve had an incredible relationship with my husband, with my family. I know they`ve had problems of their own, but we have never wavered in our closeness as a family. I`ve had a hell of a life.

Clint Eastwood is an extraordinary director because he knows the value of a buck. He knows where it will show on the screen.

I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I`m a bit long in the tooth to start.

The Manchurian Candidate was the most important movie I was in, let`s face it.

I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician.

The theater is magical and addictive.

I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn`t that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!

[On working with the choir, the first time] I felt extremely nervous. I felt I was working with a group of people who are so wonderfully integrated among themselves to produce wonderful sound, music, singing - their voices are so pure, so clear. I`ve listened so much to them in the past to be singing down with them, I was very nervous.

Actors are not made, they are born.

I don`t think about going back to the theater.

Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides.

I think of myself as a journeyman actress. I will attempt almost anything that I think that I can bring off. It could be almost anything.

I just stopped playing bitches on wheels and peoples` mothers. I have only a few more years to kick up my heels!

A sitcom. I hate that word.

I`ve worked with the greatest actors, and they`re all gone. This is what`s so desperate to me.

We all have levels of performance.

Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.

I never regretted what I turned down.

[On working with the choir, the first time] I felt extremely nervous. I felt I was working with a group of people who are so wonderfully integrated among themselves to produce wonderful sound, music, singing - their voices are so pure, so clear. I`ve listened so much to them in the past to be singing down with them, I was very nervous.

I just stopped playing bitches on wheels and peoples` mothers. I have only a few more years to kick up my heels!

I`ve had an incredible relationship with my husband, with my family. I know they`ve had problems of their own, but we have never wavered in our closeness as a family. I`ve had a hell of a life.

Actors are not made, they are born.