Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.

My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way I might hope to affect a man's thinking.

My home has always been show business.

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.

The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it.

In terms of addiction, there is nothing more powerful than men's toys.

I've done some things I wish I could erase. . . . I invented mistakes. But the mistakes must be seen in context, and they must be weighed along with the positives.