You don't have to tell a child not to bully. You know, you talk at kids, they don't hear you, but when you give them a visceral experience, then they have something to remember.

I'm not afraid of my femininity and I'm not afraid of my sexuality.

the smile you give is the smile you get back.

There are only three ages for women in Hollywood-Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy.

We are born with the seed of joy; it is up to us to nurture it.

When you're young, you start looking at what you want to do - not just who you want to be, but what you want to do. And I think the tenacity to say, "I'm going to perfect that," is the beginning of a work ethic. It's the beginning of a talent.

When I realized this fear, this uncertainty, this potential of dying, I guess I needed something greater to hold onto than what we can see, touch, and smell-and that was the spiritual aspect of God, the nature of God and his relationship to humans.