I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV, I didn't want to be famous, I didn't want to be anyone in particular; I just wanted to do it. I see young people now who look at magazines, or American Idol and their goal is to have that lifestyle - to have good handbags, or go out with cute guys from shows, or whatever. But I definitely wanted to be an actor.

You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.

Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: 'Who made that sweater?' Or 'How did you get your hair so straight?' They don't to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me.

I'd like to think I could do something great - a performance like Meryl Streep's in 'Sophie's Choice' - at some point in my life. At the same time, though, I don't want to put too much pressure on myself to be great.

With terrorist groups like al Qaeda, you can't learn what you want to learn about their capabilities and their future plans by taking a picture of it, and they've learned not to use the telephone.

I just want to lobby for God.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell of a lot of ingenuity on my part.

As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that.

I really want to do more mature, artistic, twisted, edgy films. That is my goal.

It's obvious that they're going to want Ali's daughter and Frazier's daughter to fight it out.

There's nobody in show business that I dislike so I wouldn't want to get in there to hurt anybody.

You have to remember, I didn't want this life.

I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge.

I don't know the time frame exactly, but it's clear they're all going to want to start spending money again.