I love being a mother...I am more aware. I feel things on a deeper level. I have a kind of understanding about my body, about being a woman.

Did you know that, if you visualise, you can actually hug on the phone?

In television, and especially in a situation comedy, you kind of play yourself, or at least the essence of yourself.

The Cheers writers were the finest in television. But I felt like I was repeating myself; it bothered me a little bit. And I was getting movie offers, which made people think, "Oh, she's so snooty. She thinks she's going to do movies."

I was not looking for a sitcom, because the philosophy at that point was that you had to make a choice: Were you going to do movies or TV? You couldn't cross over.

I really felt sometimes like I was physically pulling the plot, and it was heavy. I'm sure it didn't look great that I was going into my dressing room at lunch.

I've helped people get rid of headaches by placing my hand on their forehead, and backaches by placing my hand on their back. It's a powerful example of love that really works.