I’m a female in Hollywood over the age of, let’s say 40, and then, we could also say 50. You don’t have to ask yourself if you want to work at that age.
Acting - Actors Quotes
I never thought I’d be on Broadway. I certainly didn’t think I would be in a movie, let alone win six Emmy Awards for being on television. I never imagined any of that and I just loved acting.
Everything I’ve won awards for are things that I was very, very proud of and it’s always nice to be recognized for that. Almost anything I say on the subject sounds like a cliché, but it does make me feel awfully nice.
Alan Hale, who played the skipper, really was like the leader. And Bob Denver, who played Gilligan, was such a sweet and wonderful man — and was everybody’s ‘little buddy.’
As a boy, I’d always had an interest in theater. But the idea at my school was that drama and music were to round out the man. It wasn’t what one did for a living.
It has been an outstanding life, especially for me. And the great news is, girls, the opportunities are out there for us at all ages.
I was never going to get to play the girl next door. And I was never going to be groomed to be a glamorous movie star. And I sort of realized that. So I had to make my – make peace with myself on that score.
I’m the only human being in most of ‘Planet of the Apes.’
Since I played Moses, I’ve heard every Moses joke ever conceived by the mind of man.
A long time ago, I learned to I let go of expectations — whether the studio will stand behind it, or whether the music will ruin it, or whether it will open in the middle of Hurricane Sandy — there are so many different ways for a film not to be appreciated.
