During my first few weeks in Hollywood, I was told that Jack Warner, the head of the studio, did not believe that a small-breasted woman could become a star.

I've worked really, really hard on myself to not be judgmental.

No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.

A mother who is obsessing about being thin and dieting and exercising is not going to be a very good mother.

Being by myself, that is to say, without a man - it's been a long time - is allowing me to know what it feels like - to live in my own skin, to remember what I miss and don't miss about a relationship.

The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.

Don't give up. There are lessons to be learned even in the most horrendous pain. And you don't know that when you're young.