Quotes from Jackee Harry

Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.

I don't mind dating younger men now.

When it comes to comedy, they always say, "Jackée, whatever comes to your mind." But heaven forbid I can't think of something. It's never happened yet, thank God. I may knock on wood.

I have one weakness: I love meat loaf.

I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.

I like writing my own material - I'm pretty good at it.

If you're being attacked by something on the outside, which I feel a lot being in show business, you just have to dial it back and breathe and know that you are protected.

I'll use men's shirts, I love men's shirts, but you have to get them altered because they're shaped differently and I like them to be fitting.

My mornings go by so fast I forget breakfast. Lunch - that's turned out to be my biggest meal. I like tuna fish with low-fat mayonnaise and celery, egg whites and garlic. It's delish.

When I see something, I go for it.

When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.

I love DKNY. I love her sweaters because I can take them and just wear nothing underneath and just wrap them.

Sitcoms are making a comeback, but you've got to have a little quirkiness in there now.

Water really does great things for my skin.

I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.

I try not to do bad, but sometimes it's irresistible.

Red, electric blue - the only color I don't wear is green, which I still don't wear. I wear certain color greens, but I have such yellow skin so I always like to wear bold colors.

My goal is to give young girls confidence in this world so they can be more like men in the decision-making process.

I miss Broadway, what little there is on Broadway now.

Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle.

I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.

I don't exercise.

I don't mind dating younger men now.

I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.