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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Kirstie Louise Alley is American actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers (1987–1993), receiving an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991 for the role. From 1997 to 2000, she starred in the sitcom Veronica's Closet, earning additional Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
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.
I probably spend more time with my kids than the average stay-at-home mother.
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've been irresponsible many, many, many times and that has resulted in my being fat.
I couldn't care less about sex unless I meet someone who I think is wonderful.
I don't believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up.
I don't smoke pot. I never liked it.
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 was born to do sitcoms, where you get an immediate response from the audience.
Scientology helps you lose your insanities. One of the keys is, they say, 'You're in charge of your life, buster. You're responsible for any condition you're in.' If I look at it that way, it helps.
You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun.
When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using.
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.
I am the one who got myself fat, who did all the eating. So I had to take full responsibility for it.
I binge when I'm happy. When everything is going really well, every day is like I'm at a birthday party.
It was the greatest thing in the world getting fat. Every meal out was an event. Or we'd go to Italy and we'd have pasta, truffles, and dessert and then plan the next incredible meal. It was a happy-go-lucky time. I never had so much fun.
If you stop exercising - which I did - and if you stop watching your caloric intake - which I did - you're gonna get fat.
When I play ball, I play hardball.
I want to be a billionaire, and then I want to change something in the world for real.
My food demons are Chinese food, sugar, butter.
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.
When I'm at my best, I'm wearing a 6. When you see yourself pick out the 6... you want to wear the tags on the outside of your clothes.
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!
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.
I think that probably all religions sound bizarre to the people who are not the practitioners of them.
I'm fat! There's nothing else to call it.
When you are generalizing, and when your goal is to malign and to say things about an entire group - there are tens of millions of Scientologists in the world - when you decide to blanket statement that 'Scientology is evil,' you are my enemy.
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.
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.
I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working.
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.
For some reason I am one of those people who act like they were born and raised during the Depression.
Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too.
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.
You're not going to live your life unscathed.
No matter what parents do, kids retain their uniqueness.
I always feel like there is some dude out there with money that I could fall back on if I needed to.
I don't like psychiatry. I don't believe it works. I believe psychiatrists are neurotic or psychotic, for the most part.
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.
I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.
There's always somebody older, richer, more desperate than you.
I don't think children are any more resilent than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies.
There's a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are.
Indians have a big problem with alcohol and drugs. I grew up with an admiration for their culture and was sensitive to their problems.
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 thing about me is, I don't care what religion you are. If someone is attacking your religion, I will have your back, and I will defend you. I think that is the most repulsive thing a person can do, attack another person's faith.
People change, not necessarily in negative ways. Sometimes goals and intentions in life aren't aligned. It's just choices we make in life. Otherwise, why aren't we with the person we were with in seventh grade?
I stay positive because it's the only way to live. When I play ball, I play hardball.
To tell you the honest-to-God truth: without Scientology, I would be dead. So, I can personally highly recommend it.
Smile, don’t frown. Look up don’t look down. Believe in yourself Don’t let yourself go. Just be who you are. And let your live flow.
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.
If we worried half as much what others are doing for us and spent twice as much time helping others, we would all be exponentially happier.
I've known Prince for many years - I worked on the "Raspberry Beret" video - and Kirstie [Alley] and I used to fight about him.He once sent a card [saying] he had penned a song about me, called "Palomino Pleasure Ride." I remember bringing this card to work one time and showing Kirstie and saying: "See? Now who's the better friend?" It was so ridiculous.
It's funny. No matter how hard you try, you can't close your heart forever. And the minute you open it up, you never know what's going to come in. But when it does, you just have to go for it! Because if you don't, there's not point in being here.