I think, for a long time, people just did not know what to do with me. I looked like a Barbie doll, and then I had this voice like I spend my life in a bar, and I said things that were alarming and had ideas that didn't make sense.

I was, like, forty at birth. When I wasn't even a year old, I spoke, I was potty trained, I walked and talked. That was it. Then I started school and drove everybody crazy because they realized I had popped out as an adult. I had adult questions and wanted adult answers.

I'm not big on plastic surgery for me but I don't fault it for someone who wants it for them. You have to do what makes you feel good, but it's not my thing.

People are really emotionally affected by actors. And it's hard to know how to behave in a way that doesn't impose or withdraw. Because everybody wants your attention. Everywhere you go, you know?

I don't really want to be fat, so I stop before I am. I'm not a vegetarian, but I might go through a phase when I'm not interested in eating protein for a week or so, and then I might go through a phase when I eat nothing but steak.

I am big into aromatherapy.

I understand what it's like to go to hospitals and there's no medicine, and the best thing you have to give the patients is compassion.

I always thought I would adopt. Even when I was young, I used to look up how to adopt.

Any man in Hollywood will meet me if I want that. No, make that any man anywhere.

I like to drive with my knees. Otherwise, how can I put on my lipstick and talk on the phone?

My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up.

When I'm with my friends' teenage children, I always say, 'Are your friends having sex yet?'

I think it's really important that the people who are going to make decisions for other people have fair, truthful and compassionate regard for all people, not just some people.

I've had the same breasts for my entire adult life.

You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots.

We didn't have a lot when I was growing up, and it's the best thing that happened to me because I appreciate everything. I developed a strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.

Not everything has to be immediate.

Prose: words in their best order; poetry: the best words in the best order.

He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.

I left home at 15 because Hollywood isn't the best place to grow up.

I wish Michael Sam nothing but the best in his quest to become a star in the NFL,and I am confident he will get the opportunity to show what he can do on the field.

For now he knew what Shalimar knew: If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

You your best thing, Sethe. You are.

You are your best thing