These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.

I'm not a public figure at all. I don't really go out a lot to places where there are people like those who sit at the bottom of your driveway.

If you give a character room to breathe, they come alive.

I... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character.

One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false economy never to take a holiday, or never to spend money for an evening's amusement or for a useful book.

A community is a group of people who have come together, and they work and they live to try and improve the standard of living and quality of life - and I don't mean money.

Support women directors. When a play opens, and it's by a woman, put your money down.

When you're doing a network show in the States, you're just a slave to the ratings. There's so much money invested that there's this pervasive atmosphere of fear and anxiety. Every morning after an episode of your show airs, everyone is fixated on the numbers to try and determine how the show did.