I feel sometimes and in some ways like Linda Romanoli and Monica Velour; I feel marginalized because I'm in my fifties. If you went online and you look at some of the blogs, which one can do on a lonely night, it's pretty startling what people will say about you just because you're in your fifties.
— Kim Cattrall
I was very close to my father. At the age of ten I wanted to do plays, and my father was very encouraging. When I applied to different acting schools, he was right there and very supportive.
The older I get, the less jarring I want my exercise to be, and I find that a long walk is equally as helpful and satisfying as a three-mile jog.
I didn't want to get married, and I didn't want kids - I knew I wanted to act.
When I see a woman who looks her age, she's radiating something, and it's life.
I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level. I like movies I can relate to.
In my life and career I want to embrace ageing because I think that's what's interesting.
Your dressing area should be your private space.
I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s.
I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.
I'm so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don't think about retirement.
I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.
When I feel lost and can't make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out.
Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older.
I like movies I can relate to.
Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic.
That's what life is - you follow where your heart leads you - at least I do.
It's easy to diet or get off a diet when you've got a juicy role to play.
Tennessee Williams was so adept at portraying characters who are both fallible and vulnerable. Women were a huge influence in his life, his mother and sister in particular.
I have a big appetite, and staying on top of that is about knowing myself and saying, 'I can eat that today, but tomorrow I'm not going to.'
There's a look people get in their eyes when you're talking to them and they're not seeing you, and you know it's because they have a movie running through their head.
I've seen some women who are not particularly attractive but they have an assurance, and there's something so attractive about someone who doesn't have to work so hard.
It's your body, your life. Do what you want to do.
When you're filming, you work 19-hour days and you know more about what's going on with your crew and co-workers than you do with your husband. You're away, you miss things. It's taxing. Relationships fail because of it.
Theatre is immediate, it's alive, you're there with the audience, it can't be done again and again and again and again, it's organic.
When I got out of my Twenties I stopped playing women that were victims. I like playing women who are strong and have a piece of mind.
I like my life. It's good.
There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell.
My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business.
Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around. However, I am a mother who continues to give birth to ideas and ways of experiencing life that challenge the norm.
I am no size zero or super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.
Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.
The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film.
Since doing the show I've been so busy that I've not really had time to mope.
I like to step outside of what people's idea of me might be. I suppose that makes me a bit of a rule-breaker. I like to take chances.
If my accomplishments frighten someone, it's nothing to do with me - that's to do with them. But the men who are in my life see me as a person - as a woman - not as a character I've played.
I take care of myself, which includes dieting, exercising and minimising stress. I joke that I've been on a diet since 1974, which is basically true.
Looking good has never been the most important thing to me. Maybe it's because I'm more conventionally, um, acceptable, so it's not an issue for me. I don't know.
What I wear is a reflection of where I am going and how I am feeling. If I'm in a good mood, it's got to be cashmere and jeans - just something comfy, soft and warm. When I'm down, I might find something that I haven't worn for a while that was bought for me - or wear a brooch or a pair of shoes that are like old friends.
You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, 'Why do women do this?' Where do you go in your 50s in your career?
Being a gossip reporter just isn't a respectable job. It'll chew you up and spit you out.
I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level.
I haven't played a lot of wallflowers but I have played women who have been vulnerable.
There are many ways to be a mother. I have a lot of young actors I mentor, and my nieces and my nephews need a lot of love.
My film career was always to support my theater career.
I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children.
I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please - and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us.
I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.
I'm a trisexual. I'll try anything once.
The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love.
