on portraying wilhelmina: \"it's so much fun to play a strong, capable woman who isn't an attorney in a suit or a doctor spouting medical jargon. it's great to be so broad. usually you only get that in theater. when a director on ugly betty says, 'go bigger,' it's like, 'yeah, we'll give you bigger.\"\n

\nabout getting older: \"in your twenties you think, i've got to prove something. in your forties, you don't. you realize you don't have control over everything. many times i've said, 'what is the lesson i'm learning?' it always reveals itself.\"\n

\non dating a younger man: \"when i started dating rick [fox], i couldn't get my head around the fact that he is six years younger than me. i finally relaxed and said, 'ok, obviously he's into me. he's not into a number'.\"\n

\nto the ugly betty executive producer on sleeping with ex-husband fox on the show [fox plays wilhelmina's bodyguard and fling]: \"no problem. i've done that before!\"\n

\non divorces and enduring love: \"my ex-husbands are part of my life. we talk and e-mail every day. i think it's hard to have children and stop loving a person. i consider them my husbands, you know.\"\n

\non loneliness and freedom: \"i love having a partner, and i also enjoy having my freedom. but i'm never alone, and i never feel like i'm single, because i'm raising my kids. i always have someone to take care of.'\"\n

\nthrill-seeking williams: \"i love fast cars, fast horses. i've paraglided off cliffs in turkey. that, to me, is relaxing but also adventurous.\"\n

\non opportunities and living: \"i don't feel compelled to say yes to everything. there are so many causes and so many things that i connect with, and i cant do everything. it doesn't serve anybody if i'm exhausted and not up to par. but i'm also really happy that i'm busy and that i have these opportunities. i'm surrendering to the process and living every day, no matter what comes up.\"