I would say, don't smoke. I'm kidding, but yeah, I did smoke in college and as a young actor and it's stupid.

The greatest gift given to man by God - is the ability to empathize.

Wrinkled, wrinkled little star... hope they never see the scars.

I would never say don't do acting [to my kids], because I think it is a glorious profession and I am so thankful for everything it has let me express.

I think your self emerges more clearly over time.

The career I chose was a drama major in college, at Yale, when I played a 90-year-old woman. One of my most celebrated roles. Then I played a really fat person. I played a lot of different things. That's how I thought I loved to wrangle my talent, my need to express myself. I like to do it that way.

I think that we pay much more attention to fashion and our hair, skin and foreheads, our abdominal muscles and shoes than what is happening in the world. We willingly take that 'drug' and go along with that.