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A Critic Never Fights The Battle; They Just Go Around Shooting The Wounded.

I'm Interested In Playing Old Ladies Because I Am Becoming One. And I Want To Become A Very Good One!

Sweat Makes Good Friendship Cement.

Women Are Usually Only Interesting To Studio Executives When They Are Fecund, Between The Ages Of 15 And 30. I Decided To Get Through The Really Tough Patch, Around 50, By Just Cutting My Price And Playing Ten Years Older. I Didn't Want To Have To Wait Until I Was An Old Lady To Play One.

When You Look At Me You Don't Immediately Imagine A Very Very Glamorous Icon, So It's Only In The Theater That I Get To Do These Experiments. I've Been An Actor About 51 Years Now. I've Played Everything From An 8-year-old Black Boy To A 72-year-old French Matriarch, And They Hardly Hire You To Do That On Tv.