It's Part Of The Celebrity Process But

I Was So Spoiled In A Way. I Worked Very Hard, But There Was Just A Wealth Of Great Roles.

You Know You're Getting Older When They're Making Tv Shows, Sequels Or Plays For Things That You Did. It's Very Flattering And Very Humbling, Indeed.

When I Was Young, I Was Really, Really Obsessed With Gena Rowlands And John Cassavetes. Because My Mom Was A Projectionist In College, She Was Somehow Able To Get A Real Projector. And She Had Some Connections, So She Would Get Real Prints, And We'd Put Up A Sheet. The First Movies I Saw Were To Kill A Mockingbird [1962], Gigi [1958], A Woman Under The Influence [1974]. Then When I Was Old Enough To Be Able To Rent Movies, I Went Through A Very Big Cassavetes Phase.

My Problems Seemed So Glamorous To Other People, And Everyone Just Thought I Was So Lucky. But Then, I Was Lucky Because My Family Was Really There For Me. I Think I Just Felt Like I Really Wanted To Hold On To Who I Was As A Person, And Try To Have As Much Of A Normal Life As I Could.

My Father Is An Atheist. My Mother Is Buddhist. They Encouraged My Siblings And Me To Take The Best Part Of Other Religions To Make Our Own Belief System.