I wasn't the high-school play queen or anything. And my parents would let me act until I graduated from college.

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My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living....

My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living....

It really changed my life. When we split up, something changed, permanently, in me. My...

It really changed my life. When we split up, something changed, permanently, in me. My...

I don't know who decided that skinny was more appealing than not skinny. It seems...

I don't know who decided that skinny was more appealing than not skinny. It seems...

Sometimes when things you love get really commercial, you end up feeling betrayed by it.

Sometimes when things you love get really commercial, you end up feeling betrayed by it.

It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place...

It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place...

I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special...

I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special...

I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for...

I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for...

Our marriage is between us. If we decide to continue being together or not, it's...

Our marriage is between us. If we decide to continue being together or not, it's...

I understand what it feels like not to like aspects of yourself. There have been...

I understand what it feels like not to like aspects of yourself. There have been...

We feel it's unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who...

We feel it's unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who...

The adrenaline of a live performance is unlike anything in film or theater. I can...

The adrenaline of a live performance is unlike anything in film or theater. I can...

I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about...

I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about...

I moved to New York from California when I was 11, so initially I was...

I moved to New York from California when I was 11, so initially I was...

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect...

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect...

I'm an artist, and the need to get inside myself and be creative and be...

I'm an artist, and the need to get inside myself and be creative and be...

There's something that sort of weirds me out about actors who want to be rock...

There's something that sort of weirds me out about actors who want to be rock...

I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what...

I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what...

Women were real box office stars in the '40s, more so than men. People loved...

Women were real box office stars in the '40s, more so than men. People loved...

I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really...

I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really...

I really like where Tony Robbins says that we're all hypnotized to see beauty this...

I really like where Tony Robbins says that we're all hypnotized to see beauty this...