When I was growing up in New York City, my father was a taxi driver for a time.

Americans are like Pac Man. We just eat our way through the day. There's always something going into the mouth.

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

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

When I was 12, all I wanted was to be good at school, and to do something admirable, something you can't take away from me because I'm not popular or beautiful enough.

My parents treated my like I had a brain - which, in turn, caused me to have one.

I take comfort that aging happens to everybody. It's part of life. Aging offers great lessons in dignity, since the indignity wins in the end. Yes, it bothers me when I have lines or puffiness or droops. But it connects me with the human race. Like weather bringing people together, aging brings people together.