I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.

Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.

I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.

There's a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don't really do with your family.

While I was growing up, I believed I could do anything I could think of. So the challenge was always to keep thinking - to get to where I wanted to be and then to think of somewhere else to go.

If they [at the audition] don't like the way you sound they won't buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress, ass hanging out or no ass hanging out.

I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening... that's the art.