Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.

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.

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.

By the way, food and rent aren't the only things around here that cost money. You sleep on the couch.

It's not unlike the movies for human actors. Once a dog stars in a movie, they don't work very much anymore. It's kind of heartbreaking.

Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.

It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers.