My childhood was not an episode from Downton Abbey

We have somehow deluded ourselves into thinking that wealth is wisdom

In the desert, the only god is a well.

Today I found an old friend.

I don't want my dad to say, 'My daughter is an actress on a TV show.' I want him to say, 'My daughter cares about people.' I would love to know that I'm a role model in Hollywood.

As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.

There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one would lie in his place

Travel is like a tonic to me. It's more than just getting away from the studio for a brief rest. I need it to recharge my batteries.

Personally, I think you can put any interpretation you want on anything, but when someone suggests that Can't Buy Me Love is about a prostitute, I draw the line. That's going too far.

Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society.

What good would politics be, if it didn’t give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises.