I was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do. I just felt envious, every time I saw a movie that I was in awe of, and it was usually a male lead. And those kinds of roles weren't available. They just weren't being written.

I love people in elements that they're not used to.

I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform.

There's something sexy about a gut. Not a 400-pound beer gut, but a little paunch. I love that.

You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family. We're all family - an extended family.

When I was a struggling actress in New York in my 20s I worked in a burger joint called Diane's Uptown. I actually loved waiting tables. I still keep who I was in my mind and never take anything for granted.

If all of a sudden someone said, 'You have five more kids,' I'd be totally OK with it.