My grandmother gave birth to 13 children and I come from a long line of women who gave birth in their 40s.

I was shooting one day and it struck me that I was the age that Shirley MacLaine was when she played my mother. I had to sit down. I had to get a chair, okay? It was a weird moment.

In the early part of my life I carried the flame for fiery women: perky women who were not dumb.

I used to love going on a junket and promoting a film when it was not a 24-hour news cycle, and when there weren't so many media outlets. You could actually talk about the film.

I think when it comes to Botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices.

I started out in stand-up, so it's very satisfying to make people laugh, but it usually means at your own expense.

Writers often have a 'drunk' that is different than anyone else's. That's why it's so insidious and so damning. First of all, because they can write when they're drinking - or they think they can. A lot of writers will tell me - and this is the latest one I've heard - you drink while you're thinking about what to write, but when you actually write, you sober up.