We are all human beings, part of the human race, and we need to be compassionate and giving and kind with one another.

When something disappointing happened, my mother would remind me not to let that become my focus. There's still so much to be grateful for.

A lot of children don't find forever homes because they're on that special-needs list, even if it's because of something as simple as her mother smoked cigarettes for a month, not knowing she was pregnant.

I was the youngest child and really spoiled. I loved to play make-believe. I loved pretending to be all kinds of different people and it just seemed natural that I would go into acting.

When I see some of the people who are glorified in magazines these days - who are so thin it's bordering on sickness - I just feel exhausted.

I think a lot of women innately know how to play their hand. I'm not a big one for the rules.

I pride myself on being kind.