When I was turning 40, I felt that there were no books out there that hit the spot in terms of what I wanted to read.

I can't believe I gave my panties to a geek.

I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.

In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.

Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?

I've done kissing scenes with people who have been loaded. I'd think, 'Do you actually have to drink that Jack Daniels to kiss me?'

The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.

Yes, my kids come first, but as a parent I need to come to them with a fresh mind. I can't be too exhausted or too tired. And I am a better parent when I have more energy.

We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

From my experience, forgiving is the only way to survive.

A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.

You need energy and purpose to become the person you’re destined to be.

New Englanders could be so brusque.

Oh, the fools, like a lot of good little schoolboys, scared to death of anything they've been taught is wrong!

The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell. And the funny thing is that you're a salesman, and you don't know that.

With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.

Satire always benefits when evil and stupidity collide.

I'm a former bulimic myself and it's a horrible, horrible addiction.

Of course it does on opening night, but I've never had that devastating stage fright that some people get, but apparently, you can develop it.

My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me.

I've never not appeared in front of a live audience for any longer period than a month or two.