I like shows that have some level of intelligence to them. When it's not as predictable, when you don't know what's coming at you.

Medicine has always been my calling.

I really think it would be cowardly to pull back and not challenge the status quo, when the status quo may not be the right way for the field to go.

People say their weight is genetic. But it turns out that people who are overweight don't just have overweight kids. They also have overweight pets. That's not genetic.

When I got into the music business in 1976, there weren't many women on the roster. As a woman, you don't complain; you work twice as hard, and you do your job.

It is important that women have the opportunity to balance different priorities at different stages in their career.

My idea of fun is to sit looking at a blank wall in a cottage, making up stories in utter silence. The thought of going back to work in an office is horrendous.

Doing theater anywhere, especially in L.A., is a constant uphill battle, and there's also the unsexy parts of the business that you're faced with, like getting money. It's a really great thing to do. You feel like you're really an artist when you're doing that and you're in a company of artists.