“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.”

“I think, and I mean this sincerely, I was raised humbly. We were a lower middle income family and a household that was scrimping by at times. We were watching the dollar, stretching the dollar, and coupons. It was all those things.”

“But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genocides and everything against my people.”

“What I got which was unusual, especially as a child actress, was parents who believed that Hollywood was not that important. They told us education, family, health, all come first and they meant it.”

“Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure.”

“I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.”

“I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own.”

“Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.”

“There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.”