"Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life."

"Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door."

"Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good."

"Being nice to everybody, saying hello to everyone in the room, signing every autograph; it was instilled in me at a very young age that this was what I was suppose to do. But I don't think it helps at all. I see more people who are rude or arrogant being rewarded - but, this way, I can put my head on the pillow at night."

"Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion."

"The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important."

"Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion."

"My younger years of modeling were really just filled with fun trips. I was doing catalogues for Alexander's and Bloomingdale's."

"I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence."

"Modeling is the world that I feel most welcome in."

"As I'm getting older, I'm enjoying my vices so much more because I feel like I've deserved them."

"Everybody says, 'When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.' But really, it's the most selfish thing I've ever done. It's like, Okay, I'm going to create unconditional love for myself, and I'm going to need it and want it and ask for it every day, and I'm going to get it."

"What does good in bed mean to me? When I'm sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup - that's good in bed."

"It was my mom and I against the world. We lived in New York in this bohemian lifestyle where an extended group of artists and photographers were like my aunts and uncles."

"I have a group of friends in my life, and we all give each other something different. I've known my two closest friends for many years. One is a friend from high school, and the other I met right after college. My deep, deep friends remind me every day of the good parts of my personality."

"Don’t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window—or break down a door."

"The thing about Broadway, they always welcome you with open arms."

"The difficulty of IVF or of any fertility issues is the hope and the shattered hope, the dream that it might happen this time and then it doesn't happen."

"People think of me as a mannequin, all show and no substance."

"We live in New York. To be able to have a steady job and take your kids to school, and be around and work hard, is the perfect life."

"The older I get, the younger I feel. Growing up, I was always the kid, but I spoke like an adult and was in adult roles. I didn't feel like a kid. The older I get, I actually feel younger! Which is good. I always thought when you get older, you'll want to slow down, but I want to do even more."

"I look back at myself, this innocent person, and I think, 'Gosh, she's okay.' I handled a lot, and I'm still here."

"I was always with a single mom, and we never had schedules or anything. We were just Bohemian, us against the world, which was kind of great, but it certainly didn't breed security. I've gotten hyper-sensitive to schedules and bath time and eating at the dinner table. We don't just 'Bohemian' go out at nine o'clock and go get Chinese food."

"You don't necessarily have to be in misery to be talented."

"The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous."

"The most rewarding thing is being on Broadway. I went into Cabaret as a replacement and was really challenged beyond anything I could have imagined."

"'Suddenly Susan' is my life."

"My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery."

"I'm just starting to realize the type of work that I want to do. Not everyone can fit into the sitcom world because it's so fast-paced, but it feels comfortable to me."

"You are only as pretty as you are nice and smart."

"I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not."

"I have a place in the Broadway community that can only be earned."

"Have faith in your own thoughts."

"Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth."

"I could never, ever have an abortion."

"I've never been naturally fashion conscious. I'm the kind of person who sees a whole outfit in a magazine, runs out and buys it but looks like a clown."

"I've never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I've found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength."

"I always sold other peoples' fashions, so I wore jeans and t-shirts, and I put on what they needed to sell, and I'd sell it. So as far a nurturing my own style, it took me quite a long time to do it."

"Depression is so smart - it uses all your references and patterns."

"What Tupperware has stood for all these years is the independence of women, allowing women to work from home, earn a living - and that what this Boys & Girls Clubs of America program, the SMART Girls program, is about."

"What Tupperware has stood for all these years is the independence of women, allowing women to work from home, earn a living - and that what this Boys & Girls Clubs of America program, the SMART Girls program, is about."

"I was the first child at four at a modeling agency, so I had an advantage."

"I was such a nerd, a complete geek, but then I was lucky enough to have a fancy career, where I can be like 'See, I'm not a nerd. Look, I'm in 'Vogue.'"

"I don't like to leave my children for long periods of time. It's made me more picky about roles that are close, especially on television."

"If my girls are rude, it's over. There is no place in the world for it."

"From the time I could speak, I knew I wanted to have children. It was just an innate desire."

"I am a city girl I think, at heart."

"I have always liked lionesses. Female lions have always seemed like the best. They were really strong and took care of their babies and are beautiful."

"I don't ever feel like I have it all together."

"Louis Malle was the best filmmaker I've ever worked with. He was such an artist. He was dealing with the theme of innocence and experience."