TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't.

Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise.

I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.

I went to the University of Minnesota to study art. I left the university to come to New York and live in Soho. I got involved with like a small kind of like experimental theater-mime company and we discovered that Étienne Decroux, a great mime, was still teaching in Paris so I went to study with him for several years.

Be present. I would encourage you with all my heart just to be present. Be present and open to the moment that is unfolding before you. Because, ultimately, your life is made up of moments. So don't miss them by being lost in the past or anticipating the future.

I've been thinking a lot about next year, which will be the first time in 25 years that I don't have a child at home.

It's easy to judge, to think we know for certain the right thing to do. Sometimes, it just isn't so clear.