Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can’t do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that’s all a direct result of getting sober.
I’m uninterested in superheroes. I am only interested in real stories, real people, real connection.
The system is only as good as the person programming it. If you don’t have the follow-through, your system is useless. And by the way, it’s that way in parenting; it’s that way in marriages.
Exchange the words ‘have to’ with ‘get to.’ Exchange the word ‘can’t’ with ’unwilling.
Once we get out into a kind of an open world, we really do learn about ourselves and for me it’s a lesson in discovering yourself, discovering your inner resources and then literally, in the movie, finding your voice.
My mom said I was a handful. Now I’m helpful.
I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be.
I tried to find a rhythm, and I stopped comparing myself to anybody else. One of the great phrases for me is “Compare and despair.” If I compare myself to Kate Middleton or Dame Judi Dench, I’m going to come out at the bottom and be sad.
Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn’t want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn’t.
I’ve always put my family first and that’s just the way it is.
I have a rule: Pretend you’re going on a trip for two weeks, and pull what you’d wear on that two-week trip, and get rid of everything else.
I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.
We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It is not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life for this child.
If you just watch a teenager, you see a lot of uncertainty.
I’m not a prophet. I’m not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life.
I have to be careful to get out before I become the grotesque caricature of a hatchet-faced woman with big knockers.
My husband and I are very different. Our company is called Syzygy Industries, which can mean a pair of opposites. And that’s exactly what we are. Yet there is obviously a very strong pull toward each other.
Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.
I actually think there’s an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older.
With short hair you have to get a haircut every two or three weeks. And if you’re coloring your hair, you have to color it that often. Every time I did it, I felt fraudulent.