Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Alley (on working with Harpo): I'm very open with what I've been through in my own personal life, and nothing -- I mean nothing -- is off-limits for me to talk about. Nothing shocks me. I'm a great listener. I'm a good comedian. And I won't lie -- I live a beautiful life.

Kirstie Alley: I feel very extroverted again. My attention can be on the person in front of me instead of wondering, "Oh my God, are they thinking I look like Fatty-Go-Lotty Goes to the Circus?" Life is easier on every level. You can go, "Oh, that's a pretty dress, I'll buy that." Also, I didn't know how physically impaired I was until I got thinner again. You move faster, and you walk up and down the stairs quicker. Now my daughter wants to wear my hip, cool clothes! It's very flattering. I don't advocate plastic surgery, though. I'm not saying I'm going to look like Gisele [Bundchen], but you're going to see a girl who has worked on herself.

Kirstie Alley: I don't think of myself as a role model for weight loss as much as a role model for tenacity.

Kirstie Alley: I didn't want sympathy for being fat, because God knows nobody was tying me down and shoving food in my face. Nobody else ruined me; I ruined me.

Kirstie Alley: I like men who love children and their wives. I don't like playboys. Those guys are a dime a dozen, and they are creepy, creepy creeps.

Kirstie Alley: (about her bikini-baring appearance on Oprah in November 2006) It turned out OK. I was happy with it. Oprah kept saying, "You look beautiful!" I was just glad I didn't look hideous.

Kirstie Alley: (about her kids) I tend to give 90 percent of compliments on something they've achieved. My daughter is beautiful and my son is handsome, but I try not to walk around saying "You're beautiful!" because that's not the most important thing in life.

Kirstie Alley: Nothing has ever come close to my experience of being a mother. I have an amazing relationship with my kids.

Kathy Najimy: (friend of Kirstie's) She's a fun mom. She's hip without being irresponsible.

Kirstie Alley: I don't think fat is pretty. If I saw some big fat leopard walking through the jungle, I'd start laughing. Or if I was at the races, I saw some 150-lb. greyhound running against the other lean greyhounds, I'd start laughing too. It doesn't seem very natural. It doesn't look healthy. It doesn't look sleek or stealth. It looks funny. I think that's why people through history laugh at fat people. They're round and funny-looking.

Kirstie Alley: I think women-- I don't think we ever feel like we're good enough. We don't feel like we're thin enough or pretty enough or smart enough or work hard enough. And we are good enough.

Kirstie Alley: I was so naive I didn't even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected Bill Morris to be waiting for my call.

Kirstie Alley: Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too.

Kirstie Alley: I think what is important is a beautiful life, and you are the creator and designer of that life

Kirstie Alley: (On acting industry) You are not in business to be popular.

Kirstie Alley: At one point i thought, 'They're making airplane seats littler.' Well, they're not making the seats littler.