Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me.
“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”
“I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.”