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" Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance. "

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" My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.' "

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" I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few. "

" I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts. "

" You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes. "

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" I so believe that older women have tremendous value to their families, their community, their country, the world. "

" I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish - there was a bit of nobility about her. "

" I have never been beautiful in cliche terms. "

" I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a real physical person. "

" I don't want to look old and worn, but what can you do? My real focus is being an actor. I care more about having the opportunity to play roles that I haven't played than I care if my neck looks like someone's bedroom curtains. "

" I've done some good work and some not-good work. "

" But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter. "

" When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!' "

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