SHORT TAKES : Sandy Dennis Is Not a Film Fan

Sandy Dennis, who has earned an Academy Award and two Tony Awards during her acting career, says she never goes to the movies and would rather read a good book.

Dennis, at work here on the set of Sean Penn’s film, “The Indian Runner,” also said her favorite film is not “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” for which she won an Oscar in 1965 for supporting actress.

It’s “Thank You All Very Much,” an obscure 1969 British film about a girl who must raise a child she had out of wedlock.

“People always think that awards are very important, and they were very nice, I don’t mean that, but they were never anything I thought that much about,” Dennis said.