I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.

Cancer is my own private war. The strain, the nausea, the fever take turns challenging my strength, my mind and my spirit.

Looking a certain way is a blessing and a curse.

Im shy. I can go on a trip for days and not go because I wont sit on a toilet seat on a plane. Im certainly not going to go on somebodys lawn. Could you imagine, in a cocktail dress?

I like it when you're under the ocean, and all you can feel is calm

As I've gotten older, I've found that I can have men as friends. I used to not be able to.

It's much easier to go through something and deal with it without being under a microscope... It was stressful. I was terrified getting the chemo. It's not pleasant. And the radiation is not pleasant.