"Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother."

"I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to pack a lot in."

"Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me."

"The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy."

"Ron Howard is as good a person as you could want to work with on film. He never lost his cool. He's the most easygoing, lovely man, but he's got this enormous intelligence and a wonderful humanity."

"It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life."

"If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic."

"Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim."

"In the early '90s, New York was a pretty depressing place."

"I'm a nice, happily married wife and mom and I live in Connecticut."

"Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves."

"I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture."

"It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain a theater actress."

"You can only do the work to the very best of your ability."

"It's the thing that you do well that brings you to prominence. The very thing that brings you to success can also be like a curse, because then people think that's all you can do."

"Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better."

"I adore clothes, I adore drinking. I just don't have the time or the inclination to totally indulge in it."

"Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?"

"The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct."

"I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn."

"I wanted to show people I can do things other than the sophisticated bitch."

"I'd much rather be famous for being a fabulous bitch than being, She does that nice wife really well."

"I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well."

"I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence."

"You make a choice whether or not to turn that TV on. We didn't even have a television in the house."

"You are always damned by things that you do well as an actor."

"It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely."