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I don’t know, you get old enough and your hair gets white and somebody notices and they give you a star.

— Olympia Dukakis

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I feel the audience is very much there, It’s a big thing — to let an audience in, let them affect and move you.

This is not a humiliating experience. This is not a humiliating experience.

I believe that in the theater you really can't do anything that doesn't have some political consequence. My work has been about finding my own voice and a way to express myself.

Critics were surprised that I was convincing as the southern Clarey in Steel Magnolias. The bias is still there but not as much.

You know when you get to my age, it's nice to be intact. Physically surviving is important.

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