I always ended up having the funny part in Shakespeare, but I really thought I'd be doing theater. That was my ambition for myself.

My brother was listening to his transistor radio. He kept switching the earpiece from one ear to the other, which I thought was his idea of a joke. 'You can't do that,' I said. 'You can only hear out of one ear.' 'No, I can hear out of both,' he answered. And that was how I discovered I was deaf in my right ear.

You know 'Ninotchka?' I recommend it. It's kind of a mess, too. It was before, you know, we got slick editing tools, so it kind of chops along.

Will Ferrell in 'Talladega Nights.' He's a very generous performer. He's kind of just one of the guys, but his name happens to be above the title.

I would love to do the therapist on 'Two and a Half Men' again or just work with Charlie Sheen.

Real love and intimacy can be much more possible when you're older.

I love films that make you feel good when you come out and, in my opinion, there's not enough of them these days.

I am blessed beyond reason with women friends.

I think feminism is about the spirit.

We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did.

Our young people are assets to be cultivated and nurtured; let's begin treating them that way.

What we view in the media - and who presents it to us - does so much to determine how we think, how we feel about ourselves, and how we view the world.

I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.

I knew that I had to write my memoirs.

In my marriages, I'd lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a man wanted me to be.

It's hard for women at my age in Hollywood, but I'm not discouraged.

I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard.

A mother who is obsessing about being thin and dieting and exercising is not going to be a very good mother.

I would have given up acting in a minute. I didn't like how it set me apart from other people.

I don't want to make a cheap analysis, but when you have, like I did, a father incapable of showing emotion, who spends his life telling you that no one will love you if you aren't perfect, it leaves scars.

My love life is wonderful.

If you're ever in a situation where you're not getting served or you can't get what you need, just cry.

I love mistakes because it's the only way you learn.

The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750,000 girls per year.