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" People tend to remember my performances, not me. "

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" I am to a fault an introspective person. But I am not a reflective person - except for a big mistake, and then I really think about it. "

" When a 12-year-old, a 13-year-old, so desperately wants a baby what she's looking for is the kind of unconditional love a child gives a mother and a mother gives a child. "

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" Old is the new sexy. "

" The more powerful you become, some people especially don't like it that you're a woman. I stick up for myself. "

" I'd never say I'll never have a facelift, but I'm way too scared of looking like a different person. I have no philosophical or political position on plastic surgery; I just don't want to look crazy. And I don't like not being able to tell how old someone is: It's creepy. "

" I like being married. I like taking care of people, having someone to make dinner for. "

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" I eat cheese and salami and a lot of fried chicken. I eat a big bag of oatmeal-raisin cookies every night and I don't gain weight. I still look OK as long as I'm dressed. "

" I have no problem being 53. Why would I want to be 35 again? I want to discover who I am in my 50s. And if I tried too hard to look younger, it would seem that I was uncomfortable with who I am, wouldn't it? "

" But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when I did it on film it was hard for me. That probably has to do with the intimacy of film. And my own personal issues with expressing anger. So I had to learn how to do that. "

" I would love to do a television show in New York City. "

" I have skinny genes. My mother weighs 90 pounds. "

" I wish I had a little more ambition. But then what would I do? Turn down more roles with more vehemence? Me no likey worky. "

" When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son. "

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" I'm tenacious, I think - I know - and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can't do something, if I know I can't do it I'm the first to raise my hand and say, 'I can't do that.' But there is a big Bronx, New York Jew in me that just says, 'Really? Really? You think I - yes, I can. I can do it. I can do it.' "

" My husband thinks he's compromising if we have one cook instead of three. "

" I have huge hands and feet. I'm 5'6" and wear a size 10 shoe. "

" I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the High School of Performing Arts. "

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" I'm a little more extreme than a homebody. Unless there's some event I really have to go to, I don't like to leave my house. "

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" Acting is a matter of giving away secrets. "

" It is clear I was never the Pretty Girl. I had my two front teeth knocked out when I was 10 and didn't fix them until I was 19. I have a crooked smile and a nose that looks like it's been broken 12 times but never has been. My nose was always red, so people called me Rudolph. My whole face is off-center. "