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" If I only did theatre I would have had to waitress, and I didn't want to waitress. "

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" I feel sometimes and in some ways like Linda Romanoli and Monica Velour; I feel marginalized because I'm in my fifties. If you went online and you look at some of the blogs, which one can do on a lonely night, it's pretty startling what people will say about you just because you're in your fifties. "

" The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film. "

" I enjoyed making people laugh. I discovered that I loved that power over them. On stage, I felt I could really express who I was for the first time. "

" I did a school play when I was 10 where I played a cold germ infecting a whole classroom of kids. The play was called 'Piffle It's Only a Sniffle.' I'd never had so much fun. It was a thrill. "

" A pilot is like the most extensive dress rehearsal you can ever imagine, because the writers are learning about the actors, the actors are learning about the characters. "

" I feel so much at home onstage and so comfortable in my body. "

" I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress. "

" I've seen some women who are not particularly attractive but they have an assurance, and there's something so attractive about someone who doesn't have to work so hard. "

" I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life. "

" My film career was always to support my theater career. "

" That's what life is - you follow where your heart leads you - at least I do. "

" If I didn't work in television or film, if I didn't have the right look, I never took it personally. Because there was always the theatre. I'm not a nihilist, I'm an optimist. And that has served me well in this profession. "

" You know within three seconds if you're going to have a history with someone - it's a long half-hour if you've got it wrong. "

" I'm certainly not a prude. "

" I'm a good businessman. I pay my bills. Growing up in a situation where everything counted helps. "

" My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business. "

" I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s. "

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" Tennessee Williams was so adept at portraying characters who are both fallible and vulnerable. Women were a huge influence in his life, his mother and sister in particular. "

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" Your dressing area should be your private space. "

" I was very close to my father. At the age of ten I wanted to do plays, and my father was very encouraging. When I applied to different acting schools, he was right there and very supportive. "