I think feminism is about the spirit.
The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.
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.
Feminism is not just about women; it's about letting all people lead fuller lives.
As I started getting older, I realized, 'I'm so happy!' I didn't expect this! I wasn't happy when I was young.
When I was at the age when you were supposed to be glamorous if you were a movie star, I wasn't.
I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be complete and whole, and you can't be whole if you're trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please.
When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.
People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.
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.
It's about time we make the well-being of our young people more important than ideology and politics. As a country, we benefit from investing in their future by investing in teen pregnancy prevention.
I don't want to make a cheap analysis, but when you have, like I did, a father incapable of showing emotion, who spends his life telling you that no one will love you if you aren't perfect, it leaves scars.
The only thing I have never known is true intimacy with a man. I absolutely wanted to discover that before dying.
Real love and intimacy can be much more possible when you're older.
But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.
My love life is wonderful.
In my marriages, I'd lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a man wanted me to be.
I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered, frankly.
We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.
I knew that I had to write my memoirs.
