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It's totally mystifying to me how anyone could have canceled 'Taxi.' I don't understand it because that stuff is rare.
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I happen to think I look best in black.
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This profession has no rhythm to it - you're either busy enough to fall down, or nothing's happening!
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I know that I'm in the minority to be able to keep working all these years. But I want more!
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Sometimes every single element of a character is a torturous discovery.
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My first movie was with Mike Nichols.
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This is a grueling profession. Either you can't get work, or you can't get certain kinds of parts, or you get a part, and it kills you because it's not good enough, or you get successful and feel guilty about it.
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I want to be Geraldine Page; I want to be one of the greats.
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I don't like to discuss my work in a lot of detail; I'm afraid of dissecting it in a way that is not good for me.
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New York, to me, even though I grew up here, there's something magical about it. I remember, every time I used to go to L.A. for work, when I'd come back and get off the plane and be driving towards the landscape of the city, I'd be beside myself with joy. It doesn't matter how many times!
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That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.
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I didn't decide to be a character actress.
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In high school, I did the 'The Tempest' at Lincoln Center for Joe Papp.
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It's hard to regulate the speed at which you can achieve something creative and emotional.
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'Hester Street' was an incredible opportunity for me. That script was such an incredible script.
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When you're doing a legitimate play, if you have a company of 12, it's considered a big cast.
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For very few people is there a time when you, quote unquote, make it.
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In my job, I worry a lot and try and stay calm and open. It sometimes works.
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My preference is for really good writing, and I just really don't care where it is.
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I don't regret what I've done but some of the things I didn't do.
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'Hester Street' was my most complete character study, but 'Annie Hall' and 'The Last Detail' were also great.
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You just can't make bad writing look good. But if you have good writing, you just say it, and it's almost done.
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An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do it fast.
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I think most actors are very impressionable, and that's part of what we do is soak up other's behavior.