It's okay to look back, just don't stare.

If someone is mean, harmful, or evil, they're out of my life. I cross them out.

I don't give in, I don't give up, I don't take no for an answer.

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.

I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go, and that's the way I'll go until I am no longer on this planet.

The minute you're born, you're getting older.

I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that was her identity. Sad. Those cameras wouldn't leave her alone. She didn't know where to hide.

My awards are lovely. I love to show them of.

With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.

Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a say in our lives.

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

Look at a person's light, not their lampshade.

Oh, give me back the good old days of fifty years ago,“ has been the cry ever since Adam's fifty-first birthday.

Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.

It is much more easy for a Spanish person to love themselves than a Canadian person.

The false can never grow into truth by growing in power.

A flower can't grow without rain. (Alexion) Too much rain and it drowns. (Danger) And yet the most beautiful of the lotus flowers are the ones that grow in the deepest mud. (Alexion)

I try to look on the sunny side of life. If something dramatic happens to me, I always try to recount it as a comedy tale, rather than a victim's story.

My biggest fear of death is to come back reincarnated

Acting is very immediate.