“Oprah was not somebody who was telling us what to do, she wasn't really teaching us like so many people we see today. With Oprah, she was learning and we were learning with her. And I think that's really was the seed that was planted for all of us to just hang in there with her.”

American actress and comedian

Bonnie Hunt is an American actress and comedian who began her screen career in the 1980s. She was born in 1961 and is known for supporting roles in films such as Rain Man, Beethoven, Beethoven's 2nd, Jumanji, Jerry Maguire, and The Green Mile. She became widely recognized through those character parts, which brought her into a run of prominent studio films across the 1990s. In 2000, she made her directorial debut with the romantic drama Return to Me, in which she also appeared.