Declare a truce and accept food as a life-giving friend.

Mostly actors are progressive because we are accustomed to all the nuances of human life, whereas dictators just try to flatten it all out. So we usually try to stand up to dictators like, well, we won't mention names.

My position on the POW issue has been widely misquoted and taken out of context. What I originally said and have continued to say is that the POW's are lying if they assert it was North Vietnamese policy to torture American Prisoners.

If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.

The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.

Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.

I am able to talk about my life in a way that helps other women - and men, but mostly women - understand their own life. I feel real proud of that.