We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.

Celebrity is death - celebrity - that`s the worst thing that can happen to an actor.

There`s something about a catharsis that is very important.

It`s not good to be in a situation where people don`t want to direct you or don`t want to question something.

I love the chemistry that can be created onstage between the actors and the audience. It`s molecular even, the energies that can go back and forth. I started in theater. and when I first went into movies I felt that my energy was going to blow out the camera.

It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.

I`m an actor, that`s my contribution.

I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.

I don`t think my characters are all awful and horrible. There are reasons for their behaviour. I have to find what makes them human.

It is very difficult for girls. They`re told to look one way, but to act another way.

I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated.

I don`t think the tabloids find me very interesting.

Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.

When I hear that somebody`s difficult, I think, Oh, I can`t wait to work with them.

I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work.

It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.

I thought it was astounding that a woman was censured for wanting to just take up photography. I thought, my, how the world has changed.

The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It`s my way of saying, Don`t mess with me.

I find it quite amusing that I can frighten children by just saying, Puppies. Usually they`re disappointed I don`t actually have black and white hair.

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That`s the bottom line.

I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they`re trying to play, so all this temperament comes out.

I`ve been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.

I don`t live in Hollywood. I try to live a quiet life. I don`t go out to a lot of events, and I don`t go out buying a lot of clothes.

I don`t like public venues. I never know what to wear.

There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.

Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I`m proud of that.

You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.

I never got into this business thinking I`d be like a movie star.

Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That`s basically what we do.

Diva has a negative connotation.

I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement.

I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O`Hara in Gone With The Wind.

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.

With the hugely talented women I`ve worked with or observed, it`s not a question about temperament or ego; it`s a question about getting it right. If they`ve got a reputation for being difficult it`s usually because they just don`t suffer fools.

I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.

We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by the survivors. I also got to talk to some of the women who had been in the camp, survivors.

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

I love the chemistry that can be created onstage between the actors and the audience. It`s molecular even, the energies that can go back and forth. I started in theater. and when I first went into movies I felt that my energy was going to blow out the camera.

"It was the cherry on the cake for one of the great experiences of my career." - On her 1984 Tony win for playing Annie in "The Real Thing".

"It`s gotten out of control. It`s taking bigger and bigger names to make smaller and smaller films. I worry that important films without a big name attached won`t get made at all."

"I never wanted to be a man. I feel sorry for them."

"I`ve often been mistaken for Meryl Streep, although never on Oscar night."