Part of me would love to have been a leading lady because there's a lot of glamour that goes with that and a lot of applause, but I've been very blessed.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I did not see myself as a leading lady. I thought I was really funny-looking and I would never be the lead, and I certainly would never do film or television. I wanted to do theater. I wanted to be the grand dame of the American stage.
It's good to be able to be a leading lady, to be a romantic lead, to play opposite people who are talented, and charismatic and stuff.
You can't always be a leading lady.
I really have been so, so blessed with all my leading men.
I always wanted to be a leading man!
You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
Now, if there was one woman in the world who didn't need publicity, who always had too much publicity, it was me.
I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.
I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue.
I would love to see every woman feel that she knows who she is and how she wants to lead. Every part of me is passionate about having the ability to do what I never could do when I was young.