I Am To A Fault

It's No Stretch To Picture Me Standing Next To Al Pacino Or Robert De Niro. Those Are Ethnic New York Men. I'm An Ethnic New York Girl. Everybody Has Their Limitations. I Mean, I Should Never Be Cast As Queen Elizabeth.

Would You Just Strap Some Toe Shoes On And Dance 'swan Lake?' No. Would You Just Put A Violin In Your Hand And - ? No. I Felt That Way About Acting, And I Was Taught To Feel That Way. I Didn't Come To It On My Own.

I Just Would Never Go Audition, And Yet I Was In Very Visible Places Where People Would Come Looking For Actors. I Say I'm Lazy, Though I'm Sure If I Were In Therapy For A Lot Of Years, It Would Turn Out To Be A Lot More Than Laziness. After Awhile, It Was, Like, Too Embarrassing For Me Not To Go On Auditions. I Had To Be Humiliated Into It.

There Have Been Advances In The Technology Of Beauty That I Think Are Great. & You Know What? Use It.

I Have No Problem Being 53. Why Would I Want To Be 35 Again? I Want To Discover Who I Am In My 50s. And If I Tried Too Hard To Look Younger, It Would Seem That I Was Uncomfortable With Who I Am, Wouldn't It?