When I finally decided to leave school and pursue acting, my parents didn't take it very lightly. My friends thought that it was the tackiest thing they'd ever heard of. Acting was really beneath them. They couldn't believe that I would want to become an actress. Not now, of course.

Make yourself smell nice. I even wear perfume sometimes when I'm alone.

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

I think if you are young and you have children, you still have so much to prove. When you have children later in life, you lose a bit of that urge for working.

If I've been indulging in rich foods, a cleanse is a wonderful way to hit the reset button.

I can learn my lines fine. It’s just reading them in the first place that is the problem.

It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.