I always had dreams. I knew I wanted to have money to buy things at the flea market. That's worked out well.

A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares.

I started doing makeup to make a living. Then I said, You're not supposed to be putting powder on other people. You're supposed to be powdering yourself.

Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors.

Sometimes in life you have to make a decision and make sacrifices.

Some people in LA are addicted. They have to be here. My personal life is stronger than my professional life, in terms of priorities.

Doing makeup was a way to create characters, only I got tired of doing it for other people.

I truly have a love-hate thing with the press.

Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante.

I was doing an hour drama on television and a Jackie Chan movie in Toronto, so I was on a plane every three days.

I have a fuller figure and sometimes like to hide my legs. Palazzo pants accentuate my small waist and make me feel a little like Katharine Hepburn.

We learned the value of research in World War II.

Night is the wonderful opportunity to take rest, to forgive, to smile, to get ready for all the battles that you have to fight tomorrow.

And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.

Nobody with a victim mentality will get anywhere. Ever. They will never succeed.

My heart was a desert You planted a seed And this is the flower This hour of sweet fulfillment

When in doubt, tell the truth. That maxim I did invent, but never expected it to be applied to me. I did say, "When you are in doubt," but when I am in doubt myself I use more sagacity.

I've recently learned not to take things personally. We can get offended by anything if we want to.

Sometimes six and six make a dozen, and sometimes they make a mess

MFA programs are to the world of art what gentrification is to your neighborhood.

Not only do you have to trust the definite, you must also trust the uncertainty.