I Was Always Told I Was Special.

My Mothers Into Frilly Dresses And Eyelashes And Hairstyles From The 1970s. We Always Argue About That.

When I Allow Myself To Feel All My Feelings Instead Of Numbing Myself To Them, They Pass More Quickly. I Spent My Entire Life Telling Everyone I Was "ok, Damn It." But When You Surrender To The [uncomfortable] Feelings, There Are Gifts On The Other Side: Allowing Yourself To Feel Loneliness Forces You To Reach Out. Letting Yourself Get Angry Gives You Strength, Energy And Motivation.

My First Big Acting Performance Was In The Marilyn Monroe Biography Piece, And It Required Frontal Nudity. I Talked To Mira Sorvino, My Co-star, About How Nervous I Was Because I Didn't Know How My Mom Would React. She Said, 'can I Be Completely Honest With You? I've Seen Your Mom In Interviews, And She Seems Pretty Screwed Up. I Don't Think There's Much You Could Do To Shock A Broad Like That.' And From That Moment On It Was Big Nipples To The Wind!

I Think That, As With Marriage, You Just Know When It's Time To Have Kids.

Well, The Fact Is That One Imagination Is Critically Important, And If You Have Had Your Imagination Stimulated By What Is Basically A Variety Of Subjects, You Are Much More Amenable To Accepting, To Understanding And Interacting With The Realities Of The World.