Valerie Harper

I am pretty heavy into causes. I'm an active Democrat, I boycott grapes, and I work for prison reform.

That's very unusual for an actor, to have gainful employment that they are secure in, that they know is going to be there year after year.

Talk about a woman of a certain age - Pearl Buck was a great prototype of continuing to work. She was in the hospital dying of cancer, and in the next room was her secretary, typing out her next book.