"I was brought up differently from the average American child. Because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy. She had to teach herself how to be happy."

"I do have feelings some days when there are scenes with a lot of responsibility toward the meaning, and I'll wish, 'Gee, if only I had been a cleaning woman.'"

"I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body — you know? It just doesn't seem feminine."

"I'm generally miserable."

"My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation — but I'm working on the foundation."