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

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 think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.

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.'

I guess you could say I have bad taste in men. But I no longer feel the need to be someone's wife.

I realize as you age the less makeup you wear the younger you look.

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