There was no convincing me that a stepmother could be anything but a wicked ogre, and I acted accordingly.

I didn't learn anything about acting until I joined the Group Theatre. They taught me an entirely new approach, an entirely new technique.

Conduct is more convincing than language

When I think back, the neighbors were always sayin', 'Oh, that poor Julie, that poor orphan.' I loved it. The Italians would invite me in for dinner - it was an Italian neighborhood mostly. Oh, I loved it.

I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condition.

My parents always told me I could be anything I wanted to be.