Fans want you to be something super-human, something that's impossible for any human being to be.

I'm an experienced woman; I've been around. ... Well, all right, I might not've been around, but I've been ... nearby.

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy. I don't know how to do the other, so I won't consider television until the audience's taste changes.

I still feel as if I weren't a good enough mother. I didn't break any rules. I didn't cause my son any pain. But I did bring to my life some of my father, who was very controlling and very remote. I was working a lot. I wasn't there enough.

Eating sundaes is something you can't do every night.

I loved working with Valerie. That was the most wonderful revelation to find that when we are on a set and we're playing our roles, we're like separated twins. We can almost finish each other's dialogue.

I've had the fame and the joy of getting laughter - those are gifts.