"I am not interested in being a Barbie doll and turning myself into a sausage for the next 20 years. I want to follow actresses like Helen Mirren and Judi Dench who have lines on their faces and aren't afraid of playing their age."
"I wanted to understand pain and the human condition, which is full of pain and regret and sadness - and some happiness, if you're lucky."
"There's still the part of me that wants to leap at every opportunity, but now there's the other side that says, 'Let's just wait a minute and see what happens.' That's intuition, and it comes with age and experience."
"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."
"You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, 'Why do women do this?' Where do you go in your 50s in your career?"
"I'm a single woman of 56 and I see a lot of men my age with much younger women or women my age with much younger men. I've done both, and I still hope that when I do find someone I want to spend time with, they think I'm the hottest thing going."
"I found a lot of guys my age and older were absolutely terrified of me. Younger men weren't."
"When I see a woman who looks her age, she's radiating something, and it's life."
"I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age."
