I'm so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don't think about retirement.

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.

A lot of my life has been lonely. Fantastic, but lonely.

I am no size zero or super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.

Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I've been dieting my whole life because I have a tremendous appetite.

In my life and career I want to embrace ageing because I think that's what's interesting.

I take care of myself, which includes dieting, exercising and minimising stress. I joke that I've been on a diet since 1974, which is basically true.

There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell.

I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level.

I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children.

I like movies I can relate to.

When you're filming, you work 19-hour days and you know more about what's going on with your crew and co-workers than you do with your husband. You're away, you miss things. It's taxing. Relationships fail because of it.

Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.

I haven't played a lot of wallflowers but I have played women who have been vulnerable.

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.

Have you seen some of the women - and the men - in Los Angeles? They pay surgeons to make them look completely different in the hope of finding their youth. But youth comes from within. If you have a young attitude, then that can show in your face, the way you walk and move.

When I feel lost and can't make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out.

Once you have a child, that becomes your life, and while that's the way it should be, I sort of have a love affair with my work. Having said that, many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.

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

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.

The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love.

I like my life. It's good.