I’ve been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that’s something I’m constantly working on.
I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard.
I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We’re supposed to be complete and whole, and you can’t be whole if you’re trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please.
I never was a hippie! I went to India because so many friends like Mia Farrow and the Beatles were going there to discover truth. And so I went and trekked through India by myself, but instead of discovering truth, I wanted to join the Peace Corps.
I lived in France during the ’60s. I was there from the early ’60s until 1970, so my view of the ’60s is more global. It was a time of tremendous transition, not only for America but for the whole world.
I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing ‘9 to 5’ was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it’s so rarely in the hands of women.
If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.
I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn’t have to. He was older than other servicemen and had a family to support but he wanted to be a part of the fight against fascism, not just make movies about it. I admired this about him.
Winning means some kind of approval of the Establishment which means people will more readily accept me, may be less frightened of me and other people who speak out.
Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle.
When I was at the age when you were supposed to be glamorous if you were a movie star, I wasn’t.
Our young people are assets to be cultivated and nurtured; let’s begin treating them that way.
Relationships are the oxygen of the psyche.
I finally got it: empower girls and everything changes.
In this age of remote-controlled pushbutton war, we must all try very, very hard to remain human beings.
I was raised in the ’50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered.
I confess. If the law had been appiled to me properly for what I did in Vietnam, I’d have been convicted for high treason.
The people who did you wrong or who didn’t quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.
When a child enters the world through you, it alters everything on a psychic, psychological and purely practical level.
I like playing that character who brings love to people, who puts people in a place where they’re apt to encounter love.