It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance.

I never tried to act until A Place in the Sun.

I have never wanted to be a queen! Cleopatra was a role, and I am an actor, so it was fun to play one, but it's not real.

So much is said with the electricity of the eyes, the intensity of a whisper. Less is more.

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

I mean, how many young women get a set of rubies just for doing something wholesome like swimming laps? Or win a diamond ring at Ping-Pong with their husband... ? Well, I did, and for all of these memories and the people in my life I feel blessed.

You can always avert throwing yourself in front of an oncoming train. There is something that just pulls you away - and it has pulled me away, because I'm not dead yet - just at the brink of impact. Sometimes I have been really grazed by that train.