My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.
I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal.
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.
Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol; that's part of society.
All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.
And I was ashamed of myself for feeling like I had to do that in order to look a certain way. I felt misshapen, just not natural anymore. And I think it was a big stimulator of my drug use.
Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.
Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.
Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.
I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me.
I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be.
I try to go to the gym three times a week. And I have to watch what I eat. I'm a normal person.
I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling - and maybe make it easier for women my age who had probably felt bad about themselves.
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.
I'm a layperson. I barely got out of high school. I have no business telling people what to do or my big philosophy on life. I'm certainly not going to write any sort of memoir.
I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging.
I've been happily married to Chris for almost 20 years.
I've been in showbusiness all my life, but as an actress I have never been overly driven.
If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.
It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers.
