Quotes

[Her memories of working with Roy Scheider on Jaws] He was very much an isolated human at that point. He smoked; I hate cigarettes. He also spent a tremendous amount of time with one of those tin foil reflector pans, getting his tan. There was very little in common. Years later I was in New York and we ran into each other on Madison Avenue. We talked like real people at that point instead of actors on the set and it was fun - it was very professional.

I'm not scared of sharks. The only time I was scared by sharks was when I saw my sons and my grandchildren in the ocean and I thought, sooner or later there'll be payback, but there wasn't. I truly do not have a very strong feeling about hurting the reputation of sharks. They deserve to be known for who they are and what they do.

[on her sense that Jaws would be a film with much impact] Absolutely not. No clue. It stunned me when it did, what it did and it stuns me now. Every day I get fan mail. I'm an 88-year-old woman. Come on, leave me alone! It's all very strange to me but luckily, it's fun.