Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience.

I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.

Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you're having an affair, if you don't you're having a feud.

I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.