I Don't Think There's A Petty System

In Terms Of Our Foreign Policy, That's Where We Made A Mistake After 9/11. Everyone's Going, "why, Why, Why," And There Wasn't Any Investigation Or Learning From Any Of What We Had Been Doing Up To That Time That Had Set Us Up.

We Were Friends With Jonathan Demme. We Were All Down On The West Side Of New York, And I Think I Met Kurt Vonnegut Through Edith Demme. And Then I Was Lucky To Do Who Am I This Time? 1982, Which Was An Adaptation Of His Short Story That Jonathan Demme Directed With Chris Walken And I, And That Really Cemented The Friendship.

It's Really Hard To Find Stuff That Is Original. You Pick Up Scripts And In Four Pages You Know Where It's Going And The Same Thing When You Are Sitting In A Theatre, I Just Rejoice When Something Unfolds In A Way That I'm Not Conducive.

There Are Many Actresses That Are Working Longer, Because Until You Change The Playing Field And Make It Economically Stronger For Women, It's Very Difficult To Say No To Somebody When That's Your Only Gig. If You're A Producer, Or If You Have More Power, You're Going To Be In A Position To Know That If You Burn That Bridge, There'll Still Be This Bridge Open. But Still - When People Ask Me 'do You Think Your Politics Have Decreased Your Chances Of Working, I Say: 'in Hollywood, Most Of The Prejudice Has To Do With If You're Old Or Fat.' Power Can't Forgive That".

I Feel My Family's Needs Are A Priority. I'm Not Comfortable With The Idea Of Serving The Many And Ignoring My Family.