I've always had a very extreme personality, which gets me into major trouble, I'm always all or nothing, and I don't know the world "balance." I'm desperately trying to learn it because I think as you get older it becomes very important.

I say really stupid things sometimes. When I go back and watch some of my old interviews from when I was younger, I just cringe.

I have days when I just feel I look like a dog.

Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.

The value of a good education has never left me.

I feel less pressure to dress youthfully. I'm 50 and everyone knows I'm 50 - who are you kidding? Jeans are my uniform. I have about 15 pairs.

My grandmother raised five children during the Depression by herself. At 50, she threw her sewing machine into the back of a pickup truck and drove from North Dakota to California. She was a real survivor, so that's my stock. That's how I want my kids to be too.