I had a husband who stayed with me, and small children, and I had no choice but to pull myself together and rebuild a different kind of life. There was no other choice.
I make no apologies for the fact that I have a religious life of my own. I'm speaking as a Christian because I'm speaking as myself.
I thought of myself as kind of an anarchist all my whole adult life, from the days when I was 15 or 16.
It's a fairly common phenomenon of London life - people having fully developed critiques of books they haven't read and films they haven't seen. I'd probably include myself in that.
I'm making little changes in my life to take care of myself, like putting in a mile or two on my treadmill every day.
I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.
All my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable.
One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing.
Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me.
I spent a lot of time in the school psychologist's office. I didn't apply myself. My mother thought I had learning disabilities.
I had to find my own language in jewelry. That was important to me; it really had to be what I would love to have myself.
Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of technology.
Sunday's my day off, where I eat whatever I want. I don't not let myself have something. I do love French fries and bread.
I've watched 'Being There' over 50 times, and every time I watch it, I love every frame. I just wish I had directed it myself.
The way I would choose to identify myself wouldn't be gay. I've been attracted mostly to 'she's' but I've been with many people and I'm open to love wherever it can be found.
I love hospitality, and I love cooking. The kitchen is where I feel most at ease and where I feel most like myself.
Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.
Yeah, touring can get rough some times and draining, but I always have to pinch myself and realize that I'm doing what I love.
I love what I do and being in front of the camera. But I never want to limit myself to just one thing and just venture out into new things.
One thing about me is that I'm very much like the Black Madonna. I love to reinvent myself and that's because I am a very free person.
I do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're all going through.
