"If anybody could put themselves in that situation of feeling a giant loud voice saying you don't deserve the same rights, you are different and you are not equal, it feels really bad."
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"It was so important for me to lose everything, because I found out what the most important thing is, which is to be true to yourself."
"Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it."
"My dad is still Christian Scientist. My mom's not, and I'm not. But I believe in God, and that there's a higher power and an intelligence that's bigger than us and that we can rely on. It's not just us, thinking we are the ones in control of everything. That idea gives me support."
"Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log."
"The sixties were when hallucinogenic drugs were really, really big. And I don't think it's a coincidence that we had the type of shows we had then, like The Flying Nun."
"I won't have a hard time being brutally honest. But I won't be mean. You don't have to be mean to be honest."
"We use only 10% of our brains... Imagine how smart we would be if we used the other 60%!"
"Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. Procrastinate now, don’t put it off."
"I know there's always going to be feedback no matter what the subject. I am shocked by somebody commenting on my shoes or my clothes. Everyone has an opinion, everyone is logging about everything and has an opinion. So I can't possibly pay attention to that."
"The way I see it... If you need both of your hands for whatever it is you're doing, then your brain should probably be in on it too."
"No one is perfect, except for Penélope Cruz."
"Who needs sleep? I laugh in the face of sleep!"
"I know that experts say you're more likely to get hurt crossing the street than you are flying, but that doesn't make me any less frightened of flying. If anything, it makes me more afraid of crossing the street."
"I like being busy and juggling a lot of things at the same time. I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot."
"Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path and by all means you should follow that. Don’t give advice, it will come back and bite you in the ass. Don’t take anyone’s advice. So my advice to you is to be true to yourself and everything will be fine."
"I'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you're supposed to feel all kinds of things. You're supposed to laugh, you're supposed to cry, you're not supposed to shove your feelings under the rug."
"When people show me clothing that seems very, very feminine, it's hard for me to embrace that, because it just doesn't feel like me."
"I don't pay attention to the number of birthdays. It's weird when I say I'm 53. It just is crazy that I'm 53. I think I'm very immature. I feel like a kid. That's why my back goes out all the time, because I completely forget I can't do certain things anymore - like doing the plank for 10 minutes."
"People love their animals so much so that they put little clothes on them and necklaces and booties and things like that. And if you love your animal, then you should feed them something that's not dangerous for them. There's a lot of poisonous stuff that they're putting in a lot of that food, those by-products."