I bought into the myth that you are not complete without romantic love, without a mate. And it can really distract you from your goals. But sometimes you have to take a leap.

One of my favorite parts of myself is my motherhood aspect, it just turned out to be the best thing about my life [Laughs], the most rewarding and deepening, so I have a delight in portraying mothers.

I try not to be overly analytical.

When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy.

You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you.

When I was about seven, I started touring the globe as part of New York's La MaMa theater company - without my parents!

I'm a painter, that's where I started out, at four years old, that was my first love as far as expression. So, I'm not a painter in the sense of, "Please come see my paintings" but, I do understand the value of not looking over the artist's shoulder while the work is in progress.