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A lot of movie stars are not great actors; they're just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don't have the looks any more, then it's over.

Other kinds of movie stars, it's a different thing, they bring their persona to the part and that's what people like to see, and they are not really transforming in terms of their character.

Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them?

All that some actresses want is for people to take them seriously instead of caring about how they look.

It never occurred to me that I looked like a movie star.

Not all actresses know how to express their looks, I think. For me, it's an on-again, off-again thing. I'm still struggling.

Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn't disappear.

There are so many glamorous actresses, but you know what? In the real world, nobody looks like that.

As an actor, you don't have much choice about your appearance. It's a good excuse for looking ridiculous.

In the studios days, the public's perception of movie stars was much different, because the stars were so much less exposed. This made them seem more special, more unearthly. Today they're no longer perceived as different - they've become human, so to speak.