That's what we're all doing: paving the way, finding the roles that have the complication instead of the one that's always got it together or the dedicated housewife or the wild one who smokes cigarettes and sleeps with anybody.

pragmatist that I am, I always meet necessity with enthusiasm.

As is my way, when I start something that I've put off doing, I always start with the hardest form. So I started with Ashtanga.

I like playing that character who brings love to people, who puts people in a place where they're apt to encounter love.

I am still baffled by those who feel that criticizing America is unpatriotic, a view increasingly being adopted in the United States since 9/11 as an excuse to render suspect what has always been an American right. An active, brave, outspoken (and heard) citizenry is essential to a healthy democracy.

My life is a stairway to heaven, not a 'decline into decrepitude.

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