Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.

That's me: an old kazoo with some sparklers.

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.

I always wanted to be a superhero.