I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.

But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter

All people want on this earth is to connect with others. Other than eating and sleeping. Human beings need to connect with other human beings. Otherwise, they lose their mind.

We just fight our way through it. But you can't just get up and walk out without repeating the behavior over and over.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

I find that’s one of the great things about acting-you have the opportunity to stand in somebody else’s shoes. Each character faces a dilemma in her life, and as an actor you’re able to step into that character’s skin, look through her eyes. You leave transformed, a different person, because once you live a little bit of someone’s life, it changes you.