I put the movie days totally behind me... It was a part of my past that I really kind of put in a little drawer and shut the door.

I never wanted to return to Hollywood because Hollywood people and the fakeness - very artificial and not dear to my heart. After I lived in the Midwest, and I learned what sincere, real people were all about, I never wanted to go back.

I was raising seven kids. I lived in the bedrooms, in the laundry room, in the kitchen, in the car - car pooling all over. I just didn't have time to sit down and watch a lot of TV. So I really didn't.

I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.

I don't want to become a superstar and not see my family anymore.

Most people's problems start as children when their parents, especially mothers, cause them to become angry.

I didn't really have an interest in politics when I first entered the workforce. What I wanted to do was help people who grew up like me. When I was a kid growing up in Tucson, my father lost his job and we lost everything - including our home. We lived in an abandoned gas station for two years until we were able to get back on our feet.

Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'etre.