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We all have levels of performance.

Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.

My memory about names and places now is dreadful. But lines, I can remember.

I never regretted what I turned down.

Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides.

Better to be busy than to be busy worrying.

I can't say that I pursued a career. I really didn't, it just sort of happened.

I played the Piccadilly Theater with "Gypsy" and also the Old Vic, and I've done other shows in London, but not for 40 years.

I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start.

I'm the bionic woman. I have a very strong constitution, and I take excruciatingly good care of myself.

I can't say that I deserve longlife; I don't. I've just been around long enough. They say, "My God, she's still here."

The thing I always say is that I wasn't going out reaching for roles, I wasn't fighting for roles - people came to me. They always came to me.

I'm Angie to everybody, you've got to learn.

A sitcom. I hate that word.

I don't think about going back to the theater.

I think of myself as a journeyman actress. I will attempt almost anything that I think that I can bring off. It could be almost anything.

Everything I did actually helped to build the revenue, shall we say, of experience, which enabled me to play a variety of roles as I got older.

I've worked with the greatest actors, and they're all gone. This is what's so desperate to me.

The theater is magical and addictive.

You just have to be open and ready, and let it all happen.

Because lifestyles are changing constantly the rules of etiquette are changing too
a little slower than lifestyles perhaps, but still changing.

All I knew how to do was to act. That's the only thing I had in my favor. That was the thing that propelled me forward.

The Manchurian Candidate was the most important movie I was in, let's face it.

I'm not going to be dancing with the stars at this stage in my life. But I want to dance and bop around, and I did, and I can.

I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many.

I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!

Clint Eastwood is an extraordinary director because he knows the value of a buck. He knows where it will show on the screen.