I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn't have to. He was older than other servicemen and had a family to support but he wanted to be a part of the fight against fascism, not just make movies about it. I admired this about him.

I was always a courageous woman, capable of confronting governments but not men.

I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered, frankly.

I lived in France during the '60s. I was there from the early '60s until 1970, so my view of the '60s is more global. It was a time of tremendous transition, not only for America but for the whole world.

I'm not sure that I would have become a Christian if I had continued to live in Hollywood because the notion wouldn't have occurred to me.

The '60s may be idealized in the movie from a cultural point of view, but the decade was all about discord and a big generational split that was very painful.

I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.

A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming.

Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people.

I find that arduous physical labor can jump-start my thought process.

I was a chameleon, the woman men wanted me to be.

The most important thing to do as you age is to stay physically active. Lots of people just throw in the towel if they can't do what they used to do, and that's terrible.

I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.

I feel like when I was an adolescent, and felt so unworthy of love and so empty, I moved outside of myself.

When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.

Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.

As I started getting older, I realized, 'I'm so happy!' I didn't expect this! I wasn't happy when I was young.

I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness.

I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on.

Seek women mentors. If you're a businesswoman, look at the TEDx conferences. There's a lot of businesswomen that speak on there. I find them extremely inspiring.

I'm an assistant storyteller. It's like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I'm waiting on six million people a week, if I'm lucky.

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.

People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.