Carol Kane
I'm one of those people that if I go to a party, I can't remember my mother's name because I'm so nervous in a social situation.
I started acting young, and I was a dramatic actress.
I like the full spectrum of roles.
It's like life: you have both comedy and drama. There's a balance, and I'm lucky enough to have it in my work.
I think it's nourishing to do both comedy and drama.
Life is very cyclical. And my career has been very-high-very-low, very-high-very-low, and I think it'll probably keep on rolling that way.
For very few people is there a time when you, quote unquote, make it.
I happen to think I look best in black.
As I get older, I start to look back at the field that I've crossed and realize that it was a mine field.
This profession has no rhythm to it - you're either busy enough to fall down, or nothing's happening!
I've been lucky in my career. I've worked with some of the greatest filmmakers and actors around. I'm so proud of some of my work.
All of my films have changed my life. I've met so many people and broadened my world view.
I try to construct some kind of backstory for my character so that I have an idea of the life of that character - not just from the moment when the scene starts, but from before.
If I had the science and math capabilities, I would have liked to be a vet, but I don't! I don't have those capabilities.
'Hester Street' was an incredible opportunity for me. That script was such an incredible script.
For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!
I don't think, 'Oh, you know, I'm crazy and zany.'
A goal of mine is to try and be as real as possible. To try and not comment on the work I'm doing but just do it.
I don't like somebody saying to me in their performance, 'Look at this. Isn't this funny?' I pray that I don't do that. I'm sure I fall off the horse every once in a while, but I try not to.
In my job, I worry a lot and try and stay calm and open. It sometimes works.
In high school, I did the 'The Tempest' at Lincoln Center for Joe Papp.
I am a very simple cook, I just do the minimum amount. I'm mostly a vegetarian, so I just steam a lot of vegetables.
When I had my dogs, I used to spend a lot of time in Central Park, which is a great place to be alone among a lot of people.
If I had not made strategic choices, I would have had far more access to dramatic roles. But the one thing I don't regret, even about bad choices, is that there's always something you can get out of it.
I don't regret what I've done but some of the things I didn't do.