Quotes from Kirstie Alley

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

I binge when I'm happy. When everything is going really well, every day is like I'm at a birthday party.

I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.

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.

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.

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.

You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun.

No matter what parents do, kids retain their uniqueness.

I'd like to prove to women my age that there can still be good years ahead of us.

I couldn't care less about sex unless I meet someone who I think is wonderful.

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

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.

The reason I went for Jenny Craig is I thought, Maybe I'm not the only one who has stupid reasons for getting fat.

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.

I always feel like there is some dude out there with money that I could fall back on if I needed to.

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.

My food demons are Chinese food, sugar, butter.