I've etched out who I am through myriad haircut attempts, outfit attempts, beauty attempts, diet attempts. It's been an evolution.

Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book.

I have to be careful to get out before I become the grotesque caricature of a hatchet-faced woman with big knockers.

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.

I've always put my family first and that's just the way it is.

It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers.

I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti'. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes and aging .... We are ALL going to age and soften and mellow and transition.

My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.

Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't.

With short hair you have to get a haircut every two or three weeks. And if you're coloring your hair, you have to color it that often. Every time I did it, I felt fraudulent.

The only two questions that need to be asked each day are: Did I live wisely? Did I love well?

It is important to create a family and bring up a child: these things are good and even necessary

The thought of writing was always pleasant, but the process was painful

Moments like these are fleeting, and we have to grab onto them while we can. From the instant I saw you, I wanted to give you my heart. But today I’ll settle for giving you a flower.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

My husband and I don't want Hollywood drama. I go to the market and do the dishes. I'm not treated differently because I work on TV.

I was about to write that in the future I would chose my words more carefully but I'm sure I won't.

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

I made the decision to take acting seriously after high school.

I wouldn't build a building if it wasn't of interest to me as a potential work of art. Why should I?

Bitcoin will do to banks what email did to the postal industry.