I've had a little plastic surgery. I've had a little lipo. I've had a little Botox. And you know what? None of it works. None of it.

I have to be careful to get out before I become the grotesque caricature of a hatchet-faced woman with big knockers.

I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life.

I'm uninterested in superheroes. I am only interested in real stories, real people, real connection.

We sit at our consoles and play "Gears of War", but we don't see images from war. We don't turn on the news and see the evidence of war, the result of war. Maybe twice a year, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, we'll go out, we'll hang our flags, we'll try to inculcate in our children some sense of national honor for the fallen. But really, we don't see it. We just don't see the pictures. There's no drive-by on the freeway of death up close. So we don't really see bravery.

I've been in showbusiness all my life, but as an actress I have never been overly driven.

I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging.