You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.
Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.
Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you’re really strangers.
Diabetes is an all-too-personal time bomb which can go off today, tomorrow, next year, or 10 years from now – a time bomb affecting millions like me and the children here today.
Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story.
I just like the continue doing what I’ve been doing. A melange of funny, straight drama, television, movies, a little theater here and there wouldn’t hurt. So if I can keep doing that, I’ll be a very happy person.
Maybe mom is my alter ego and the woman I’m able to be when I’m working.
Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.
Chronic disease like a troublesome relative is something you can learn to manage but never quite escape.
I feel about my dogs now, and all the dogs I had prior to this, the way I feel about children – they are that important to me. When I have lost a dog I have gone into a mourning period that lasted for months.
I loved working with Valerie. That was the most wonderful revelation to find that when we are on a set and we’re playing our roles, we’re like separated twins. We can almost finish each other’s dialogue.
I’ve always had courage. But I didn’t always own my diabetes.
I’m not an actress who can create a character. I play me.
There is a dark side. I tend not to be as optimistic as Mary Richards. I have an anger in me that I carry from my childhood experiences – I expect a lot of myself and I’m not too kind to myself.
And I came close to losing a part of my foot on two occasions. I hope I’m consistently lucky and that the next time I develop a blister or step on something sharp, that I don’t go as far as I did on those two times.
Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they’re just such a jolt to the system.