Do I think I'm under-educated? Academically, absolutely. I never took any exams, no O- or A-levels.

We all pretend to be very strong, and then in a fraction, you can just break down, at least for me.

Witches were burned and killed in Scotland and England for centuries before what happened in Salem.

Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned.

If you're tearing around in a panic about something, then it puts everyone else in a panic as well.

My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself.

I'm just honored that some of my little contributions I've written with my daughter are doing well.

I grew up knowing only war, so for me, it was the way things were. It wasn't pleasant by any means.

When your private life has been dragged into public space, you tend to attain a zen-like composure.

Even when I was rebelling against my father, the point was to follow my own intuition and instinct.

I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.

I think a lot of people just aren't aware how young you can be and be diagnosed with breast cancer.

Everything also calms down with the influx of social media, there's so much happening all the time.

I generally don't like to talk too much about the character unless I feel stuck or in some trouble.

Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't.

Some of the greater things are unseen. That's why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream.

Thankfully, I was given a strong base by my parents, an understanding of who I was and my strength.

I have friends, I'm from Texas originally, and they follow me and they keep up with what I'm doing.

I wasn't an overbearing child. But I was aggressive. I always managed to get what I wanted somehow.

I personally believe that when you attempt something with your loved one, you are bound to succeed.

When you have a writing partner and you're writing a comedy, your goal is to make each other laugh.

I've always loved fantasy books. Even just growing up, I've always kind of loved magic and fantasy.

I loved duping my parents; I liked manipulating them. It was a way for me to stand out. It was fun.

I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily.

I really loved 'Witches of Eastwick', the movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson and Cher.

I played Big Mama in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' when I was 20 years old at the University of Michigan.

Dave Chappelle asked me to come do his show. I read the script, and I said, 'Has he lost his mind?'

How many women here like to have sex in the morning? Now how many like to be awake when it happens?

Our nature as sensitive beings is far too complex to break apart, re-examine and reshape in a poem.

I'm really honestly terrified about how much I should tell and how much I should still keep secret.

I don't mind wearing a corset; it informs your posture, changes the way you move, you can't slouch.

I don't mind wearing a corset, it informs your posture, changes the way you move, you can't slouch.

I'm quite into the French way - simple elegance with just a suggestion of sexiness, nothing vulgar.

One of my last few vices is coffee, but with a spot of almond or soymilk, it's never tasted better!

Exercise is like meditation for me, and I'm giving myself that time... I can't live without it now.

If I was going to direct an episode of 'Younger', I wanted it to look like an episode of 'Younger.'

The women I know who have gone through breast cancer still laugh a lot. They're not crying all day.

I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me.

It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.

I saw 'Paranormal Activity' on Halloween with all my friends. It scared me, but it was so much fun.

I did everything pretty cliche as an actor in New York. I read the trades, I sent out 'head shots.'

People definitely wait outside my house, hotel, apartment, whatever, asking for hugs or autographs.

I'm glad I'm Southern. I'm the Southerner who's very Southern in that she left to move to New York.

The United States has more women and girls in prison than any other industrialized nation on earth.

Frankly, there is no shorter shelf life other than that of a child actor, than that of the ingenue.

Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.

I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff.

My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.

I did 'Daddy' when I was 17 years old. My father, Mahesh Bhatt, directed the movie, and he cast me.

I've been used to being my own boss for a really long time, so I don't take to authority very well.

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