I Didn't Back Into Being An Actor,

There Are Not A Lot Of Places For An Actor To Explore What It's Like To Be A Woman In Her 60s. There Aren't Any Films About It And There Very Few Tv Series About It.

Never, Ever, Have I Felt Really Accepted In Hollywood.

It Took Me Getting To My 50s Before I Could Say "whatever!" About Other People's Criticism, Especially When It's Not True.

There's Always Been A Shortage Of Roles For Three-dimensional Women, No Matter What Age. If You Look At The Statistics On Women In Film, Be They Behind The Camera Or In Front Of The Camera, And It's Pretty Nauseous-making. It Always Has Been.

There Was Really A Snobbery From People In Film - They Did Not Want People Who Had Come From Television. It Was The Poor Relation Of Show Business, And Especially Situation Comedy.