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Kirstie Alley
American
Actress
About the author
You're not going to live your life unscathed.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Life
There's a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Life
Until I separated from Parker, I had never been without them-and it's the hardest thing to share them. But we're trying to give the children the semblance of having whole lives.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Children
#Trying
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.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Lie
When I play ball, I play hardball.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Play
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.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Death
#Energy
When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Will
#Career
#Energy
#Courage
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.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Life
#Science
#Belief
#Religion
#Spiritual
When you're the spokeswoman for a weight-loss program, everything is witnessed. I weigh in once a week with a witness. I have to sign an affidavit saying I cannot have any surgeries.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Saying
#Weight
You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Eye
#Fun
There's always somebody older, richer, more desperate than you.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
The reason I went for Jenny Craig is I thought, Maybe I'm not the only one who has stupid reasons for getting fat.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Reason
#Thought
No matter what parents do, kids retain their uniqueness.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Kids
#Parents
#Uniqueness
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.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Want
#Life
Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#People
#World
#Men
#History
#Faith
#Religion
#Spiritual
#Scientists
I have photographs taken of me at the time I was addicted, and thought I looked good. I see them today and realize my eyes were dead.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Time
#Today
#Thought
#Eyes
I binge when I'm happy. When everything is going really well, every day is like I'm at a birthday party.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Party
#Birthday
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.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Nothing
I am the one who got myself fat, who did all the eating. So I had to take full responsibility for it.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Eating
#Responsibility
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.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Attitude
#Care
I don't like psychiatry. I don't believe it works. I believe psychiatrists are neurotic or psychotic, for the most part.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Psychiatry
I don't smoke pot. I never liked it.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
I have a hotline to the tabloids. When I get up in the morning, I call the Star, and the last thing at night, I call them. I want them to have the inside track.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Want
#Night
I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Love
#Marriage
I never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Acting
#Class
I probably spend more time with my kids than the average stay-at-home mother.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Time
#Kids
#Mother
I sort of feel sorry for the next man who gets me. I may just kill him with passion. He'd better be strong and have a good heart!
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#May
#Man
#Passion
I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.'
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Words
#Thought
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,
American
Actress
#Waiting
I'm happy when I'm juggling, but I feel like I've gone from, like, 3 balls to 10 bowling balls. But, that's a good problem. I don't really have a complaint about that.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Complaint
Indians have a big problem with alcohol and drugs. I grew up with an admiration for their culture and was sensitive to their problems.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Problems
#Culture
#Admiration
#Drugs
#Alcohol
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.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Life
#Friends
#Parents
#Sister
I always had really long swimmer's arms. The last to totally go is always my thighs and butt, but my old body is there somewhere.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Old
#Body
I couldn't care less about sex unless I meet someone who I think is wonderful.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Care
#Sex
I don't think children are any more resilent than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#People
#Children
God gave us intestines for a reason. I'm not keen on surgery. It's too extreme. All it took was one of those plastic surgery shows to see how violent it is.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#God
#Reason
#Extreme
For some reason I am one of those people who act like they were born and raised during the Depression.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#People
#Reason
#Act
#Depression
I don't believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Eating
#Illness
I always feel like there is some dude out there with money that I could fall back on if I needed to.
Kirstie Alley,
American
Actress
#Money