My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres.

If someone tells you that you cannot do something and you believe it, they are right.

Before you go to bed, write down three 'gratefuls' for the day and three 'did wells' (they can even include something as simple as doing the laundry)-the results can be amazing!

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.

I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.

It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.