I have absolutely no objection to growing older. I am a stroke survivor so I am extremely grateful to be ageing - I have nothing but gratitude for the passing years. I am ageing - lucky, lucky me!

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

Men can not stand the explosive mixture of beauty and intelligence.

When I was young, all I wanted to be was a movie star. At a certain point, I started to grow up and really care about what I did.

A lot of actresses will just go, "I'm 35." And I thought, " I'm not doing that." I like being 40.

If you want to have plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery, live it up; go ahead and have it. But if you don't want to have it, don't have it.

Always carry a book on a date so that when you get bored you can slip into the Ladies for a read.