Kirstie Alley

“Usually, about 85 percent of what the tabloids report is a lie. Over the last year, I can truly say it has been 99 percent.”

“No matter what parents do, kids retain their uniqueness.”

“I was born to do sitcoms, where you get an immediate response from the audience.”

“I believe that behind both the person who weighs 400 pounds and the one who weighs 85 there is a lot of baggage, and it has nothing to do with their bodies.”

“When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using.”

“It's funny. No matter how hard you try, you can't close your heart forever. And the minute you open it up, you never know what's going to come in. But when it does, you just have to go for it! Because if you don't, there's not point in being here.”

“When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up - it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.”

“The thing about me is, I don't care what religion you are. If someone is attacking your religion, I will have your back, and I will defend you. I think that is the most repulsive thing a person can do, attack another person's faith.”

“I think that probably all religions sound bizarre to the people who are not the practitioners of them.”

“When I see someone who is starved, they don't look alert. They don't have boundless energy. If you're too skinny, it looks like you're near death.”

“Scientology helps you lose your insanities. One of the keys is, they say, 'You're in charge of your life, buster. You're responsible for any condition you're in.' If I look at it that way, it helps.”

“I have to be below 140 to really look good. I have to work my legs like crazy. Actually, do you want my real goal? My real goal's always too low. I love the way I look at, like, 128.”

“It was the greatest thing in the world getting fat. Every meal out was an event. Or we'd go to Italy and we'd have pasta, truffles, and dessert and then plan the next incredible meal. It was a happy-go-lucky time. I never had so much fun.”

“It's amazing how coke encompasses everything in your life. Addicts cannot confront life because they only think of their next hit. I ruined life for my parents, my sister and all my friends.”

“I developed a nutty attitude where I'd think, If some guy really loves me he doesn't care if I'm fat. I'd come up with all these stupid reasons why it would be OK to be fat.”

“There's a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are.”

“Look for someone who has a complete life without you in it. If you have a person you don't need for anything, that's ideal. You're just together because you really want to be.”

“I am the one who got myself fat, who did all the eating. So I had to take full responsibility for it.”

“If you stop exercising - which I did - and if you stop watching your caloric intake - which I did - you're gonna get fat.”

“My food demons are Chinese food, sugar, butter.”