ʃiː tˈoʊld ðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk tˈaɪmz ɪn ɐ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn ˈɪntɚvjˌuː ðˈæt ʃiː hˌæd "mˈʌnθs ʌvðə mˈoʊst ɪntˈɛnsɪv dˈiːpwˈɔːɾɚ swˈɪmɪŋ — mˈoːɹ ðɐn aɪd ˈɛvɚ bˌɪn kˈɔːld əpˌɑːn tə dˈuː ɪn maɪ lˈaɪf" wˌɛn ʃiː plˈeɪd ɹˈoʊzɐlˌɪnd ɪn æz juː lˈaɪk ɪɾ æt ðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti tˈuː stɹˈætfɚd fˈɛstɪvəl ɪn ɑːntˈæɹɪˌoʊ.
She told The New York Times in a 1979 interview that she had "months of the most intensive deep-water swimming — more than I’d ever been called upon to do in my life" when she played Rosalind in As You Like It at the 1972 Stratford Festival in Ontario.