"I will not play just an evil part. In fact, I got offered $7 million several years ago to play the part that Faye Dunaway played in 'Supergirl.' I was kind of insulted. I was impressed with the money, but I said, 'Why are you asking me to play an evil witch? Do I come across as an evil witch to you?'"
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"I couldn't have children, I tried to for years. I've never been pregnant in my life. When I was a girl and fooling around I was scared to death I'd get pregnant, and then when I got married and wanted to have children I couldn't have any. But I don't miss it. I did for awhile, but I realize that I am everybody's mother."
"I just try to be true to myself and look the way that I'm comfortable looking. Because if I'm comfortable with me, then you're going to be comfortable with me as well."
"You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it."
"I do wear wigs. ... I sometimes make the joke about me standing on a hilltop with my hair blowing in the wind - and me too proud to run after it."
"I was always a junk food person, still am."
"I've always wanted to be a star. I've always wanted money and wanted to travel. So I knew there was a price to pay for that."
"We can't all be stars; we can't all be leaders. We are all God's creatures, living life, and we have that God light in us and we're supposed to let it shine. And not everybody wants to be like me and stick their neck out to get up on stage and perform. There are those like me, but there are also those that are of a shyer nature. And they're smarter than most of us that are out there showing our asses."
"Now Momma's done away with the old black kettle she used to cook in when I was just littleAnd the door ain't sprung on her electric rangeThat little old farm and home we had it ain't there no more and that's too badFolks are doing away with the simple things."
"The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone."
"God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple."
"Some things are strange to me, and some things are odd. But I don't condemn. If you can accept me, I can accept you."
"Poor little Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan... If those little girls slept with as many men as they say in the tabloids, why their little butts would have more fingerprints than the FBI! I kinda feel sorry for them. We should give those two a break."
"lots of women buy just as many wigs and makeup things as I do ... They just don't wear them all at the same time."
"I'm a show-off basically... always have been."
"You'll pay the highest price on back roads and in back seats and in a cheap highway motel. But what's a few more strangers in a life of nothing else."
"If we all climb together, we could climb the highest hill."
"A tree reaches below the surface to gather strength for stargazing."
"I love watching keep-fit videos while munching chocolate chip cookies."
"It doesn't bother me when someone calls me a 'dumb blonde.' I'm neither dumb or blonde."