I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called 'Film Culture.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I became producer so that I could work with persons like him and to rock the world of Hong Kong Cinema a bit.
I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood.
But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.
This career essentially chased me down while I was on the spoken-word scene in New York. I kept hearing that my delivery of my poetry - which was very personal and cathartic at the time- was very moving to folks. People thought that I was an actress because of my delivery, when I was just dropping into the work and really pouring out my soul.
I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.
In the '60s, I was teaching humanities at a college in upstate New York and trying to publish a novel I'd written in graduate school. But nothing was happening. So I moved to New York City and got a job as a messenger at a place that made movies.
I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood.
I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films.
I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first.
I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress.