My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him.

I played with dolls until I was 15. My mother encouraged it because my older sister got married when she was 15, so Mom thought that the longer I stayed with dolls, the better.

It doesn't matter if I don't succeed in something, what matters is that I learn from my mistakes.

Right after Dynasty ended I had a facelift and laser surgery to get rid of lines around my eyes.

Aaron Spelling went further than anyone has ever gone for television.

I'm not obsessed by how I look or with being reed thin, but I do think that as a woman in my 50s, I have 40 years ahead. Looking after yourself goes hand in hand with looking good.

I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming.

You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right.

I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended, and I wanted very much to be independent, not take alimony from him, be on my own, do the right thing.

I was born in Connecticut. But my parents brought my sister and I to L.A. when-Hollywood, actually, when i was 6 months old.

If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give it to you. You have to give it to you.

Why are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each other, or they love each other still.

I thought about you all the time. I used to pray that you’d live to be a hundred years old. I didn’t know. I didn’t know that you were ashamed of me.

There's a difference between immaturity and not being ready, and there's a certain maturity in admitting that you're not ready.

I try to be very much in control when it comes to work. I have a strong work ethic.

When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.

There are an infinite number of rewards you could bestow on yourself for working at your creative projects, and you deserve every one of them.

I stumble all the time parenting my daughter. I ask her for forgiveness all the time and I preach forgiveness to her.

The presidency is probably the loneliest office in America. Regardless of your friends, regardless of how good your marriage is, regardless of anything, you are alone there at the top.

Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.

I don't think President Obama has been that revolutionary in reaching out to ethnic communities. President Reagan did a lot for the black community that people don't realize.