The thing is, when you see your old friends, you come face to face with yourself. I run into someone I've known for 40 or 50 years, and they're old. And I suddenly realize I'm old. It comes as an enormous shock to me.

I started having a lot of problems with my voice in my mid-30s.

Imitation is the sincerest form of insecurity.

Show me a woman content with her figure and I'll show you a seven-year-old girl. Everybody else is engaged in the war against flab.

I saw several actresses play the part. I did not in fact, as far as I know, do anything that any of the other actresses did. I don't think actresses do that. I think that what we do is we see a role as a role, we don't see it as a person. We look at the role and think, 'What can I, as an actor, bring to that part?

Smoking ages you quicker than almost anything else.

I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!''

Baltimore is one of the most beautiful towns, really. And trust me, I don't say that about every place. There is just something so quaint, old and beautiful about this place.

John Waters is one of the sweetest, dearest, most adorable men I've ever worked with.