Mostly, I spend my time being a mother to my two children, working in my organic garden, raising masses of sweet peas, being passionately involved in conservation, recycling and solar energy.

I loved doing Shakespeare. My two favorite roles, in fact, have been Viola in Twelfth Night and Helena in A Midsummer Night`s Dream.

I`ve always just adored music. It`s my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can`t do that if you`re a musician.

Maybe subconsciously I`ve kept activism separate from acting because it`s important to me in a more profound way.

Actors are very generous.

Just look at my face. Its an extraordinary experience. All of my friends who are grandparents have been saying, just wait, a bit cynically, but its just extraordinary. You feel like a child again yourself. Just walking on air.

You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You`re on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours.

I try to avoid a specific image. I seek to play as many different women as I can to avoid having a label put on me.

I think one of my very favorite films of all time was with Peter Sellers when he played Chauncey, the gardener. Being There.

Acting is really only part of my life. I`m addicted to it.

I`ve kept my sanity in this business by trying out for a role and then going home and trying to forget about it.

I feel a little guilty only being an actor.

Whether you`re on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can`t settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.

It was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays.

Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples` lives, and sometimes that`s very gratifying. But still, there`s this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.

I feel that its our children who do give us hope because they are the ones who are going to save the world.

I was raised in a time where children were still seen and not heard basically, so I think a lot of us in my generation went the other way and just tried to be as much more liberal and open and we`re still paying for it.

I think I have a lot of crazy layers.

We love unusual names in the family. - Regarding the birth of Moses, her second grandchild.

I`ve been very lucky. I wanted to be an actress, but I didn`t really have the drive to sell myself. Fortunately I had a terrific agent in New York who kept me going from job to job.