God gave us intestines for a reason. I`m not keen on surgery. It`s too extreme. All it took was one of those plastic surgery shows to see how violent it is.

I always had really long swimmer`s arms. The last to totally go is always my thighs and butt, but my old body is there somewhere.

I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I`d rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.

I don`t think children are any more resilent than anyone else. They`re just people with little bodies.

No matter what parents do, kids retain their uniqueness.

I don`t believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up.

When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using.

I don`t like psychiatry. I don`t believe it works. I believe psychiatrists are neurotic or psychotic, for the most part.

You`re not going to live your life unscathed.

I believe that behind both the person who weighs 400 pounds and the one who weighs 85 there is a lot of baggage, and it has nothing to do with their bodies.

I never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working.

Look for someone who has a complete life without you in it. If you have a person you don`t need for anything, that`s ideal. You`re just together because you really want to be.

For some reason I am one of those people who act like they were born and raised during the Depression.

When I see someone who is starved, they don`t look alert. They don`t have boundless energy. If you`re too skinny, it looks like you`re near death.

I was really tired of words like `plus size,` `round` and `large.` I thought, `Come on, we`re fat.`

Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too.

I couldn`t care less about sex unless I meet someone who I think is wonderful.

I binge when I`m happy. When everything is going really well, every day is like I`m at a birthday party.

I developed a nutty attitude where I`d think, If some guy really loves me he doesn`t care if I`m fat. I`d come up with all these stupid reasons why it would be OK to be fat.

I always feel like there is some dude out there with money that I could fall back on if I needed to.

You`ll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you`ll be challenged and growing and having fun.

There`s a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are.

When I play ball, I play hardball.

I don`t smoke pot. I never liked it.

I sort of feel sorry for the next man who gets me. I may just kill him with passion. He`d better be strong and have a good heart!

When push comes to shove, it ain`t the science that`s going to lift you up-it`s the belief, the spiritual side of life, that`s going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.

When you`re the spokeswoman for a weight-loss program, everything is witnessed. I weigh in once a week with a witness. I have to sign an affidavit saying I cannot have any surgeries.

I have photographs taken of me at the time I was addicted, and thought I looked good. I see them today and realize my eyes were dead.

I think what is important is a beautiful life, and you are the creator and designer of that life. (Woman`s World, 26 July 2005)

I have photographs taken of me at the time I was addicted, and thought I looked good. I see them today and realize my eyes were dead.

The reason I went for Jenny Craig is I thought, Maybe I`m not the only one who has stupid reasons for getting fat.

I was so naive I didn`t even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected Bill Morris to be waiting for my call.

I always feel like there is some dude out there with money that I could fall back on if I needed to.

I have a hotline to the tabloids. When I get up in the morning, I call the Star, and the last thing at night, I call them. I want them to have the inside track.

Until I separated from Parker, I had never been without them-and it`s the hardest thing to share them. But we`re trying to give the children the semblance of having whole lives.

I don`t like psychiatry. I don`t believe it works. I believe psychiatrists are neurotic or psychotic, for the most part.

I`m happy when I`m juggling, but I feel like I`ve gone from, like, 3 balls to 10 bowling balls. But, that`s a good problem. I don`t really have a complaint about that.

I probably spend more time with my kids than the average stay-at-home mother.

I am the one who got myself fat, who did all the eating. So I had to take full responsibility for it.

[on acting] You are not in business to be popular.

Indians have a big problem with alcohol and drugs. I grew up with an admiration for their culture and was sensitive to their problems.

There`s always somebody older, richer, more desperate than you.

Usually, about 85 percent of what the tabloids report is a lie. Over the last year, I can truly say it has been 99 percent.

It`s amazing how coke encompasses everything in your life. Addicts cannot confront life because they only think of their next hit. I ruined life for my parents, my sister and all my friends.