Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me.
It’s the thing that you do well that brings you to prominence. The very thing that brings you to success can also be like a curse, because then people think that’s all you can do.
You can only do the work to the very best of your ability.
Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?
I’m a nice, happily married wife and mom and I live in Connecticut.
Why put it on if you’re not going to strut?
In the early ’90s, New York was a pretty depressing place.
If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic.
Audrey Hepburn’s face was made for the camera.
I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn.
Bambi has a profound effect on children because it’s about losing your mother.
I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another.
Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves.
I wish I didn’t have to live up to anything.
I often close my eyes because I can’t tolerate violence.
I adore clothes, I adore drinking. I just don’t have the time or the inclination to totally indulge in it.
You are always damned by things that you do well as an actor.
I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You’re trying to pack a lot in.
I’m sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.
It’s a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.
Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.