I don’t sit around thinking that I’d like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way.

I was always a little unsteady in my self-belief. Then there was the Jewish thing. I love being Jewish, I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with...

I like to work with really good professional people – anyone with real talent.

You can’t start worrying about what’s going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what’s happening now.

Film is not a woman’s medium. If you weren’t the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you.

I’m not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I’ve built up kind of a veneer to protect myself because I have functioned on my own for a long, long time,...

When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she’s on the slide. It’s downhill all the way from then on. It doesn’t give you a tremendous feeling of confidence and well-being.

I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it ‘content.’

I used to dream of being other places, other people. It was an escape for me.

A man’s illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.

I love being Jewish; I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people saying you don’t look it.

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.

I don’t have an entourage. In fact, I have no live-in help.

Movies are great fun and wonderful when they’re good. But you never get to see them till six months after they’re finished. So you never get a sense of whether they’re really well liked or...

His whole behavior is so shocking,

I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don’t regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you...

If I could have lived as an actress in any period, it would have been the 1920s – I would have loved to have been part of that speakeasy era.

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn’t exactly a study of life.

I remember my oldest son, Steve, saying to me once, ‘I don’t ever remember seeing you with an apron on.’ And I thought, that’s right, honey, you did not. That was his concept of what...

I never believed marriage was a lasting institution. I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.

I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.

My definition of a star is someone who really lasts for a very long time.

My mother was the greatest example to me of anyone I’ve ever known. She didn’t have an easy life. I adored her. She worked hard all her life, and she was the one who set...

You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.

I’m a total Democrat. I’m anti-Republican. And it’s only fair that you know it… I’m liberal. The L word!

A famous love story is hard to maintain when you both live in the spotlight.

It’s inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think it’s kind of a sickness.

Stupidity is not my favourite thing; I cannot deal with it.

I studied dancing for 13 years. And loved to dance. Always wanted to dance with Fred Astaire.

Find me a man who’s interesting enough to have dinner with and I’ll be happy.

There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.

I don’t consider myself a great actress. I’m just trying to stay alive, actually. I think I’m good, and I’ve learned a lot, certainly, mostly in the theater. I’ve been sloughed off movies for years....

When you talk about a great actor, you’re not talking about Tom Cruise.

Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present.

Acting is a life of rejection.

A woman isn’t complete without a man. But where do you find a man – a real man – these days?

I’m a big fan of Daniel Day-Lewis. He’s a marvelous actor. He stands alone, I think.

I was never my favourite subject.

People should tell your children what life is all about — it’s about work.

You can’t acquire a voice. Either you have it, or you don’t.

I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me… My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and...

You know you don’t have to act with me, Steve. You don’t have to say anything, and you don’t have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle,...

You can’t always be a leading lady.

Actors today go into TV, which I don’t consider has a lot to do with acting.

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.

What is the point of working all your life and then stopping?

In actual fact, I’ve never been one, even from childhood, to kind of analyze myself very much.

I am essentially a loner.

I adored ‘Breaking The Waves,’ so when Lars von Trier wanted me in ‘Dogville,’ I was beside myself with joy. He works in a way that nobody I’ve ever worked with works.