I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.

I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

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

It's very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.

He (son Jason) doesn't see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?

When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.