I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life.

I never represented glam. That's the thing, you'll never see me in the front row of a fashion show. I'm uninterested in it. I find it trivial and banal and boring.

Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol; that's part of society.

If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.

I've had a little plastic surgery. I've had a little lipo. I've had a little Botox. And you know what? None of it works. None of it.

I'm a human being who lives a flawed, contradictory life. And I have all sorts of problems and all sorts of successes.

It's not that I'm retired; I just no longer accept acting work.

I'm age-appropriate. I dress age-appropriately, I choose mates age-appropriately. I'm a big believer in people should act their age.

I'm a tidy, neat person. But I'm not a maniac.

I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal.

I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.

Actually, the books were never a planned career path.

All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.

And I was ashamed of myself for feeling like I had to do that in order to look a certain way. I felt misshapen, just not natural anymore. And I think it was a big stimulator of my drug use.

Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.

I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.

I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me.

I talk too much.

I think I felt that I was very well known for my figure and needed to keep that up for my work. And I regret all of it. I felt fraudulent and very shameful.

I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be.

I try to go to the gym three times a week. And I have to watch what I eat. I'm a normal person.

I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling - and maybe make it easier for women my age who had probably felt bad about themselves.