I liked animals more than people! OK, I liked certain people, but the idea of mankind'-it really irritated me!

When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up-it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.

I took an acting class for 10 seconds before I played a lead in a student movie. I showed the film to an agent who said he would send me on interviews but wouldn't sign me.

I don't think children are any more resilent than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies.

There's always somebody older, richer, more desperate than you.

I had the halfway house. I can't tell how many nights I spent around my kitchen table, soothing broken hearts.

When you're the spokeswoman for a weight-loss program, everything is witnessed. I weigh in once a week with a witness. I have to sign an affidavit saying I cannot have any surgeries.