I think people have always liked in me the combination of being the underdog because I'm a tiny woman but I have enormous authority in myself.

I think people have always liked in me the combination of being the underdog because I'm a tiny woman but I have enormous authority in myself.

What's it like being opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger? For me? Are you kidding? Maybe if I'm lucky, come up to his navel!

I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the intelligence of a man, the spirit of a man.

When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.

I was a very determined kid. I couldn't imagine any other life for myself. This happens to kids who are different in any way. How am I going to make a life? Who am I going to be when I grow up? Will there be a place for me in the world? Acting gave me a sense of purpose, but it also gave me a sense that I would survive, that I would find my place.

I aspired to be extremely sophisticated.