I had done a sitcom and a movie and hosted the Emmys, and all of a sudden, I lost everything. As someone put it at the time, I was suddenly like a Ferrari in neutral.

I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.

No one is perfect, except for Penélope Cruz.

Laugh. Laugh as much as you can. Laugh until you cry. Cry until you laugh. Keep doing it even if people are passing you on the street saying, "I can't tell if that person is laughing or crying, but either way they seem crazy, let's walk faster." Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.

When your heart is broken, when your heart has cracks in it, it lets the light in.

I cannot imagine not going home to animals. They are the closest thing to God. They don't harbour resentment.

What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?