My way was not to be the petite, gorgeous, little cheerleader. My way of getting by was making people laugh.

I am, uh ... a 6 foot tall woman, I feel like I'm a healthy size, I'm not anorexic and I feel that people who aren't anorexic are punished ... for not being anorexic.

Onstage, I was never the ingenue.

I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.

I spent 10 years in New York doing theater.

I was a full foot taller than any child my age.

Yes, creative people are more prone to addiction or addictive behavior. But, equally as prone is your mailman, your mother, your brother, your friend, the guy who does your banking. It's everywhere. The thing that happens in the press sometimes is Whitney Houston. She was just an addict. Just like your uncle Steve.

I like people-watching and fading into crowds.

Right now one in three teenagers meets the medical criteria for addiction, which is scary. I'm so driven because when I walked into rehab, I was like, Am I still drunk? Did the guys give me the wrong address? Am I at a summer camp? And it kills them. Deaths attributed to drugs and alcohol have overtaken all other emergency-room deaths.

I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty.

I was such a dork. I was too big. I was really gangly.

In some roles I have to wear fur, and I always make sure it's fake, like in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Faux fur is great because it shows people that faux can look fabulous.

I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.