Everything I Do, I Want To Take

My Sons Last Summer, They Won A Trophy From Their Surfing Camp And They Came Home And Went Right Over To The Shelf And Put It Up Next To My Oscar. That's Where We Put Our Trophies.

I Don't Know How In The Twenty-first Century We Can Possibly Justify Not Showing Girls Things That They Can Aspire To, And At The Same Time, How Can We Possibly Be Showing Boys This Narrow Vision Of What Women Are And What They Can Be.

When I Got Pregnant, I Told [susan Sarandon ]. She Said, "all Right. I'm Gonna Tell You The Thing To Do When You're Giving Birth: Push Like You're Trying To Win A Prize, Like You Want To Be The Best Patient He's Ever Had. He's Going To Give You A Prize For Winning That." So I Did. [the Doctor] Said, "you Are Probably The Best Pusher I've Had As A Patient."

When It Came Time For College, I Told My Parents I Was Going To Major In Acting. And They Were So Removed From Anything To Do With Show Business - My Dad Built Our House And My Mom Grew Our Food.

I Have An Elbow That Bends The Wrong Way, And I'd Do Things Like Stand In An Elevator And The Doors Would Close, And I'd Pretend That My Arm Had Got Caught In It, And Then I'd Scream, 'ow, Ow, Put It Back!'