Brooke Shields has been a child star and has grown into an incredible actress. She is very accomplished, and I look up to her. She had a mother's sense to her.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Even though I never worked with her, it was still really cool to have Brooke Shields on set. She was so nice and so funny.
Brooke and I share some similarities. We're both passionate, fiercely loyal people. But she is far more outlandish than I'd ever be, particularly with her body and her sexuality. Brooke has made herself weak for men - she only gained self-confidence from their attention.
I love Brooke. Exploiting her was never my intention.
I wanted to be Brooke Shields, and my mother was an aspiring photographer, so I was, of course, the only one who would sit still long enough for her to get things in focus, and I loved doing that.
Being a child star is great. It's being a former child star that sucks.
Working with Angela Bassett is by far the best. I've watched and admired her for years. I'm very intrigued by her work. She's so cool. I still call her 'Mom' when I see her.
We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp.
Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star.
My children are unaffected by me being an actress because that's the way I like to keep it. I love the fact that they are so innocent about my star status. Sometimes, they come running to me and say, 'Mom, you are on TV.'
And Brooke Elliott is a great actress.