I'm the daughter of a sister whose the mother of a brother who's the brother of another.

A lot of people are crazy, cruel and negative. They got a little too much time on their hands to discuss everybody else. I have a limited amount of energy to blow in a day. I'd rather read something that I like or watch a program I enjoy or ride my damn motorcycle or throw back a couple of shots of tequila with my friends.

I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.

There are different flavours of sexiness.

When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.

I lost relatives to AIDS, a couple of my closest cousins. I lost friends to AIDS, high-school friends who never even made it to their 21st birthdays in the '80s. When it's that close to you, you can't really deny it, and you can't run from it.

We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to... until they really bite us in the butt.