The '80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an incredibly disparate economy in terms of the class distinctions and whatnot, and a tremendous shallowness - a lot of sort of bank robbery by executives.

I don't pay attention to the ratings.

I just want to be clear, I am a very dark and bitter person, but I think on some level, everything really does come when it's meant to come.

During my teen years, for Halloween, I went as a registered voter.

As an actress for most of my life, I am profoundly familiar with poverty.

It's a very long and difficult schedule on a single-camera show.

It's long been accepted as fact that the availability of family planning services saves lives. Where women have access to these services, children and families are healthier, and society at large benefits.