I believe that you can experience very profound moments of change in life...I never would have become an actress if I hadn't dropped out of high school. As a teenager, I was so driven to pursue my dreams that I made a decision to quit school at 17 so I could find my voice as an actress and eventually the profession embraced me.

I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.

The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.

It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.

I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.

We've become obsessed with beauty and the fountain of youth and, frankly, I'm really saddened by the way women mutilate their faces today in search of that.

I didn't think it was possible at my age, honestly. They call it a geriatric pregnancy.