Faye Dunaway

Unless you come to terms with your past... it haunts you, and you never leave it. ”

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was. ”

Acting is different from mental gymnastics. You try to discover as much about the character as you can, but a large area is mysterious. ”

I think that somehow I got the notion that I had to be successful, to be the best in the world. ”

If you don't eat properly, it affects your energy level. You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired. ”

I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones. ”

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean? ”

You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired. ”

My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life. ”

So Liam and movies are obviously big passions, and I read and write. ”