Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.

Unfortunately, every time there's a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.

The [film] industry is an ecosystem that's sick.

One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, "If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it." When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can't understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?

If you're frightened, you're out of luck.

I've always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.

I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.