Quote

Vincente understood all too well what was happening to Liza; he had gone through it 40 years earlier with my mother.

Although I loved Liza as a little girl, it would be true to say I really didn't know her.

Arguably, the relationship between Liza Minnelli and Judy Garland is one of the great mother-daughter sagas of all time. Certainly, for certain people, and a lot of them, Liza is the bigger star. Liza is the more kind of viable legend, shall we say. Then there's the other camp, where Judy is the one.

I have just been working with Maggie Gyllenhaal, who is also a mum, on a movie called 'Hysteria.' She is everywhere because of the nature of film work. Not that I'm name dropping or anything like that. I have to pinch myself when I remember who I've been working with.

It's no wonder the narcissistic mother will always have a place in literature: she's a freak of nature.

When my father died, my mother came back from being Mrs. Birkin to being Judy Campbell. She was a stunning actress. She came out of her shell. She was herself again: this very independent, funny, intellectual lady - and was able to perform again, which was her life before meeting my father squashed it out.

I denied this for many, many years and years... but you cannot help but not see a little of my mother in the character of Edna.

My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland.

My mom was an orphan, and there was never anybody to tell her what she could or couldn't do. At the core, she's probably an artist - an artist and a feminist.

One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did.