I had to force myself not to be overly protective because I had lost one child.

I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony missionary and save people.

Our great country is rich and abundant in so many ways. It is totally unacceptable to me that we have children and families going hungry!

Have a little faith, kick a little dirt.

I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70.

Chemotherapy is such a hard, hard kiss. Anything we can do to alleviate its side effects should be intelligently explored with an open mind.

I lost many a role to actresses who couldnt do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.