When I was about 25, I went to a hand reader, this Indian guy in a funky neighborhood. He said: The height of your success won't happen until you're in your late 40s.

I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous.

Parkinson's is a slow but inevitable process. It's hard living with it on a daily basis. The difficulty facing people with it is that they never quite know 'Can I or can't I do this today?'

The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership.

You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that.

[Washington is a] very gossipy little village of people all going to the same bars . . . all watching each other having affairs with each other

I believe that if you want to go make your mark on the world you've got to go out and do it. Don't be shy, be adventurous.