If I was just normally intelligent, I could probably get away with it - but I'm fiercely intelligent and that's threatening.

Celebrity is a pretty stunning thing. At first I was like 'They love me! Oh, I love them, too.' And suddenly, I was tap-dancing on my pedestal and it was whack! Facedown in the dirt.

I was lucky to have my dad in my life. As crazy as things got, I always had him to put his hand on my shoulder.

Realise when you are 'middle aged' you have a chance for a whole second career, another love, another life.

I don't take myself very seriously. I like to make people laugh. You know, it's like, if a woman can't be happy for another woman's work, they have to go work on that.

Real happiness comes from inside. Nobody can give it to you.

Stardom is no longer the fuel of my soul. It is the deeper aspects of life that nurture me. And I realise I am very blessed.