I loved New York. I made enough money and studied acting with Kenneth McMillan, which was my first formal training.

I had three influential teachers. The first was Uta Hagen. The second two, Bobby Lewis and my late husband, Charles Kakatsakis, were both from the Actors Studio.

The thing I always thought of myself as was an actress. I never thought: I want to be. It was always: I am.

It's in my nature to feel, 'I could be this! This could be mine!'

My whole thing is, I collect what I know I want to read, and I have certain bookshelves in my bedroom that contain all the books I haven't read yet.

I was born and grew up in Vandalia, Illinois, a small town of about 6,000. It was farm country, and this was the little county seat.

New York, oh my God, in my early 20s. I felt, this is home, this is really where I belong.

To make money in New York, you have to add gigs when starting out, so while I was acting quite a bit, I would do modeling.

Life is school.Be a student for life.

Doubt is the first ray of illumination

The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.

It never hurts for potential opponents to think you're more than a little stupid and can hardly count all the money in your hip pocket, much less hold on to it.

Connecticut's first responders and defense workers work every day to help us achieve these goals.

Coaching is like flying an airplane, there is going to be a lot of turbulence, but your job is to land the plane safely.

You say you hate children and people always say the same thing; it would be different if it was your own child. Well what if it wasn't?

There's this crazy thinking that style guarantees truth. You go out with a hand-held camera, use available light, and somehow the truth emerges.

No man is good for anything who has not some particle of obstinacy to use upon occasion.

How many processes are going on, to keep that teacup level in your grasp? There must be a hundred of them.