I've been careful to keep my life separate because it's important to me to have privacy and for my life not to be a marketing device for a movie or a TV show. I'm worth more than that.

Life's a lot easier when you're dumb.

You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.

We wanted to do a woman on a reality show because that's what's happening right now-it's part of our culture.

Watching a person lose their dignity used to be uncomfortable, and now it's an expected part of the program that we're becoming comfortable with.

Shirley MacLaine said, You're so funny, then gave me a hug. Everything went white. I couldn't hear, I couldn't see. I thought I was going to pass out.

One fantasy is that I just do a Don Roos movie every year if that's possible. If he'd have me.

On network TV, I'm still Phoebe to people, and it would be hard to convince them otherwise in the bright lights of a sitcom.

My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person.

I'll accept being Phoebe to people for a while longer, given how much fun it was. That's totally fair.

I have no affectation when I speak.

I found the right man, got married, and just had to keep not reinventing myself, just deciding that it doesn't matter what you are if you are a good person.

I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person.

Blonde is dumb comedy, red hair is smart, sexy comedy.

I'm the youngest in my family, and everyone is very funny, and I was always trying to keep up with them. I just loved making people laugh.

I wanted to be the kind of woman who would attract a certain kind of man that I could respect. That was my thinking. It had to do with the kind of couple I would be a part of.

I knew an actor's career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can't be your whole identity; otherwise, you're doomed.

I do like reality shows, and I watch some of them because they're high drama. It's also just fun to watch people have honest reactions.

Since I had the baby I can't tolerate anything violent or sad, I saw the Matrix and I had my eyes closed through a lot of it, though I didn't need to. I would peek, and then think, oh OK, I can see that.

I've been careful to keep my life separate because it's important to me to have privacy and for my life not to be a marketing device for a movie or a TV show. I'm worth more than that.

I've learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn't end. I had to learn to allow myself to make a mistake without becoming defensive and unforgiving.

I'm pretty middle-of-the-road. There are some issues I'm more conservative on.

You have to surrender to the fact that you are of too many in a highly competitive field where it is difficult to stand out. Over time, through your work, you will demonstrate who you are and what you bring to the field. Just stay with it and keep working.

I always felt like I could be funny, but there was a part of me that always judged actors so harshly... I thought all actors were dumb-that they must have serious emotional problems. Even if they don't, that's the perception I had of them. I didn't want anyone to see me that way.

I like when there are complicated relationships, that there's a little bit of self-serving parts of it as well as a devotion to a person, and that there's a mixture of both in there. It's just I think that's a little more true to life. It's not always purely one way or the other.

I don't ascribe to any particular style or period.

I don't do yoga. I bite the hella outta my nails. I smoke, I eat all the wrong food, I don't exercise.

I don't think that I'm a top 40 artist in any way. So I don't think I'm that mainstream.

I've been chased through airports with a screaming baby because the photographers are ruthless, and they want the picture.

If I'm alone too long I think too much, and I'm not interested in doing that. That won't lead anywhere good, I'm sure. If I'm busy I tend to stay out of trouble. An idle mind is the devil's playground.

Were it not for Scientology, I would either be completely insane or dead by now.

I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously a nightmare.

I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it.

I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy

I've been through so much in my life. I've seen so much. I know how fast things can change. I know someone can be here one minute and gone the next.

I'm not doing this to be a pop star. I've had plenty of money and attention. I'm doing it for credibility.

I've been through a lot of stuff.

It's hard for me to be happy because I'm always worried about something going awry or what could happen to screw it up. It's hard for me to sit and look around, going, 'Ah, I'm really happy.' I'm not that kind of person.

Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life.

I'm a hypochondriac. Yesterday it was brain damage from the vodka the night before. Today, heart attack - my arm and chest started hurting at the same time.

I'm not gonna marry somebody for any reason other than the fact that I've fallen in love with them. Period! Period! And they can eat it, if they wanna think any differently!!

I absolutely refuse to bare midriff.

I'm still finding my way, and I made a lot of mistakes.

When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process.

I'll say it loud and say it proud. I'm completely insane.

I'm more of a tomboy than anything and then you see your name on these Top 50 Most Beautiful People lists and you're like, 'What?'

I'm one of those people that, if I hear about something happening, I go crazy. I want to go help.

I'm one of those people that, if I hear about something happening, I go crazy. I want to go help.

I don't think that I'm a top 40 artist in any way. So I don't think I'm that mainstream.

I have always been a singer/songwriter, and I was pushed in places I didn't want to do, like pop or top forty. I don't belong there.