I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.

When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb.

I was being honest – I have nothing to hide. All I do, all the time, with everybody, is tell them what I am thinking, what I am feeling.

My sister at the time was 13 and so I did the show as a birthday present. The start date of the show was her birthday. Talk about karma.

When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent.

I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job.

Only a portion of my intestinal tract was working.

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

Some of the stuff that Wilmer wears is bad. And Debra Jo.

I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn’t a religion major really.

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.

Not hippie – my parents were not hippies – but they were very supportive and encouraging, and that does a lot for someone, and it gives them a lot of confidence.

If you didn’t know that I am an actress, I don’t think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She’s 16, so of...

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.

I optioned a book and we got the script written, and he wants to direct it. It’s a very dark movie so we’ll see if it gets made.

But it took me awhile to figure out Christine at this age, you know.

I wanted to leave the show and I didn’t want to come back. So the writers asked me if they could kill off my character and I agreed.

You have to remember that when I met Elvis, you know, it wasn’t the fanfare that it is today or even when he was here in the states and I was in Germany growing up.

When you finally accept that it’s OK not to have answers and it’s OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human...

I’ve always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.

The sexy moments for me, I wasn’t thinking of them as sexy. I was thinking of them as more specific to my character. So it was necessary for my character’s development in the movie, so...

I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead.

Had that casting director not called me back, had those producers not liked me or those directors… everything happened for a reason.

If I hadn’t fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.

Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it’s very important.

If we’re for one another, we’re feminists. The rest is semantics.

I’d always been treated like an object, not like a human.

I have been very clear to everybody that just because I’m getting married does not mean I call myself a straight.

You know when you watch old movies, it’s always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.

I grew up doing all that stuff because I was obsessed with the ’50s. I had sock hops for birthday parties. So I’ve always done The Twist and stuff. It was pretty natural and, with...

Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark.

No matter where I’ve been overseas, the food stinks, except in Italy.

I have a really great relationship with God. I pray. I read the Bible.

You can’t keep changing men, so you settle for changing your lipstick.

The truth is, after Boys Don’t Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

If I go to a concert or sporting event I usually go in a VIP entrance. And leave the same way.

Each man has an equal social right to multiply his power of motion by all the social factors of civilization. Private property in any of these factors is inconsistent with this fundamental right; it must,...

My children didn’t when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort...

At 26 I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of pictures.

There was no place at all for me in my father’s military world.

I cannot write music. I cannot play the piano.

My parents had a wonderful marriage, but it was a very dependent relationship. My mother was entirely dependent on my father because that’s how it was in those days.

I had never seen much of Star Trek, or any other science fiction, before I was cast. But Seven’s wonderful.

West Hollywood is predominantly gay, so every man that came into the grocery store was shopping for his boyfriend.

Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.

In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening.

I didn’t want to make a man the No. 1 quest in my life.

A career is all very well, but no one lives by work alone.

My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt.

I’ve managed to keep my clothes on for everything I’ve done so far.