For me, 'The Brady Bunch' is just a part of the fabric of my career, but for a lot of people, that's it.

Growing up in Bombay made me immune to culture shock, in a way. So, culture shock is not part of my DNA.

Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.

If you have a sense of yourself, your mission, your belief system, those things will lead you to success

I think journaling is an important, intrinsic experience, and a lot of us don't spend enough time on it.

The day I saw my mom eating the Santa cookies on the plate was one of the most horrific days of my life.

I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it.

I never feel like I conquered the day and did everything I possibly should have, could have, would have.

If you're not popular, then everyone is not wanting anything to do with you, or not answering the phone.

I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.

It's not like television is now for women who have been put out to pasture. Television is for everybody.

What people have thought of me, of the turns that I've taken, has never really played into my decisions.

The older you get, the more you realize that the way you look is a reflection of how you treat yourself.

The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.

I don't enjoy cooking when I'm high. And I don't want to be eating garbage because then I'll feel gross.

I'm not going to watch two TV shows with vaginas in them unless somebody tells me why they're different!

My dream evening is wearing my sweatpants, eating something delicious and watching TV with my boyfriend.

The first time an autograph hunter told me, 'You are my mother's favorite actress,' I aged twenty years.

In this age of remote-controlled pushbutton war, we must all try very, very hard to remain human beings.

Ted needs someone to be there 100% of the time. He thinks that's love. It's not love - it's babysitting.

Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.

If I could do theater during the hiatus and then do '30 Rock' in the winter, that would be my ideal job.

My mother lived in Holland, and during World War II was incarcerated in a Japanese camp for three years.

The most dramatic moves I have made as an actor have been from stage to screen and from sitcom to drama.

I know there were things emanating from me. I was not aware of what attracted all these directors to me.

Im completely English, but I grew up in Paris and went to school here. My parents moved when I was five.

I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life.

You know, I've got wrinkles on my forehead and smile lines, but what's wrong with that? I love to smile.

Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place.

I absolutely get more comfortable in my body and my skin as I get older, more than when I was in my 20s.

I had intelligent, high-minded, liberal parents who wanted to make sure my values were just like theirs.

I hate people who say, "Oh, I'm addicted to working out". I just want to punch those people in the face.

At the end of the day, there's probably nothing that makes me feel better than junk food and reality TV.

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.

I never had credit card debt... I was very much about trying to gain my freedom, so it was about saving.

That’s what makes a character interesting from an actor’s perspective - the more screwed up, the better.

My husband is someone who's in the real world. It's a big help that I don't have both feet in Hollywood.

That's what makes a character interesting from an actor's perspective - the more screwed up, the better.

I love what I do and I think it shows. As my kids get older, they can see me as a mom who loves working.

It's never bad to be liked, and who doesn't feel good being liked, but that can't be your end game goal.

I have a really adaptable face, but when I am just being me, people always think I am younger than I am.

I was thinking, who of the English actresses in the last 30 or 40 years have achieved as much as I have?

When two characters or two actresses are together for a while there is bound to be chemistry developing.

When I become the village idiot, or at least, it starts to become a joke, you can't do that much longer.

I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.

Going back and forth between the press and something like The Crucible must be really crazy and intense.

I'm usually always a big fan of the people that I'm working with, because I get to work with big people.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

When you end up happily married, even the failed relationships have worked beautifully to get you there.

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