Growing older is not such a big deal for me, despite the fears that older actresses have in Hollywood. When I hit 40, for example, I didn't feel 40 - or whatever that is supposed to feel like.

I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.'

My mother never wanted me to focus on my physical self. She always said that beauty is what you do.

I no longer scramble blindly through hardship. I no longer emerge from a bad time feeling relieved just to have survived. Instead of despairing, I try to find the lesson within the experience.

I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.

Facials are my biggest beauty indulgence. Looking good is about having a good base. It's about taking care of your skin.

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.