At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction.

I don't speak to my brother every week - doesn't mean I don't love him.

There's still the part of me that wants to leap at every opportunity, but now there's the other side that says, 'Let's just wait a minute and see what happens.' That's intuition, and it comes with age and experience.

I don't think I'm vain... but I do like to be lit well.

Shows like 'Sex and the City' got women involved again in a political way. They were drawn into the personal stories of the four women who together make up one complete cosmopolitan woman. We want to have community, and the show filled that void in our lives: friendship between women.

Being a gossip reporter just isn't a respectable job. It'll chew you up and spit you out.