But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people.

To be with a man who hasn't tried every line, who hasn't broken up with a woman every which way you can break up with them, is kind of nice.

I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.

It was brief, swift, and then it was done. It was a professional job. I needed to be kissed, and I was kissed.

That's the wonderful thing about drama and writing and fiction: it's this wonderful shared experience that we all have. We can see into each other's lives.

Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it.

I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.