One of the great things about Parkinson's, in a superficial way, is it relieved me of vanity. I don't worry about what I look like, because it's literally out of my hands. But on a deeper level, it gives you a real humility, because you have to deal every day with the fact that you compromise.

By the time I entered high school, I had forsaken academics altogether in favor of my burgeoning acting career.

I'm not a shill for the Democratic Party.

No matter how much fame you have, it's not something that belongs to you. If I'm famous, that doesn't belong to me-that belongs to you. If you can't remember who I am, I'm no longer famous.

I can't be smug, because I know that you can lose anything at any point. And I can't be angry, because I haven't lost it.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I'm glad I don't have a drinking problem,' I confided, 'because I don't think I'd ever be able to quit.