Olympia speak about growing up in 2007. - Olympia Dukakis

Growing up I was always feeling like an outsider, being Greek in communities that were not very ethnic. I felt like an outsider in the Greek community, too, because women were expected to behave and socialize in a certain way, and I didn't. Also being an actor I felt like an outsider, because not many Greek American women were actors then. But once you realize that you are an outsider, there can be a freedom in that. You can find your own way.

I feel the audience is very much there, It’s a big thing — to let an audience in, let them affect and move you.

I don’t know, you get old enough and your hair gets white and somebody notices and they give you a star.