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 didn't know I wanted to go into entertainment, but I knew I wanted to be on stage when I was about seven. I saw a play, like most kids do, at a children's theater in Cleveland, and I just saw them up there, and I thought, 'that's where I want to be.'

It's hard to regulate the speed at which you can achieve something creative and emotional.

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.

For very few people is there a time when you, quote unquote, make it.

An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do it fast.

I make my relationships at work.

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.

This is a grueling profession. Either you can't get work, or you can't get certain kinds of parts, or you get a part, and it kills you because it's not good enough, or you get successful and feel guilty about it.

I don't like to discuss my work in a lot of detail; I'm afraid of dissecting it in a way that is not good for me.

I have fun at work.

I know I'll work, but not when or where. I never know what to pack.