Quotes

I often had a relationship with a fellow actor. When the play we were performing in together was finished, the relationship fizzled out. It was a natural course of events; I didn't make a big deal out of it. And later, relationships ended because the men died. My last love, a pianist, too. I was eighty by then, he was two years older. But what a beautiful body that man had.

I was never really slammed in reviews. Unlike colleagues, I always kept reading them, but with the realization: "It is, after all, just one person's opinion."

Getting old happens to you, there is no secret

I prefer learning lines on my exercise bike. Then I spit out the words without emotion. Or I recite them at night when I can't sleep, with my eyes closed.

I consider myself a mediocre actress. I have fragmented myself too much to be a top performer.

I look at everything from the positive side; I think that has helped me live longer.

Compare life to a feather. Life flies by. The art lies in trying to make something of every day.

Above all, don't let your wrinkles ruin your zest for life. Personally, I love my wrinkles. They tell me that I have lived and am still living.