Women really do want to be on time. It's just that everything starts so darn early.

I think things like food, the food of the south is sort of the common tie that binds us all, Black and White, the sense memories. It's a very particular part of the country.

It's time we stopped worrying about losing our looks and started celebrating the gifts of age: I feel yummier than ever.

And so I was doing that and starving and somebody said you should model and I ran when they told me how much money you could make and I did a television commercial the first job.

Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.

I feel like only now in my life do I really get it -- do I feel that sense of calm. And I feel very grounded. I feel much more confident. I feel, you know, sexier, more intelligent, more to offer, more wisdom, more life experience to draw from.

I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual.