Anderson: "I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid."

Anderson: "People who wear fur smell like a wet dog if they're in the rain. And they look fat and gross."

Anderson: "I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair."

Anderson: "It's great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people."

Anderson: "My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm."

Anderson: "Basically, I'm a free spirit. I'm kind of an Everywoman."

Anderson: "Even as a kid I read Jung – Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me."

Anderson: "I want to see what I look like when I'm old - I'm curious where that's going to take me."

Anderson: "I feel... sexier, I think, with short hair. I feel like an alien!"

Anderson: "I want Barack Obama for president. I love Obama. I call Palin the helicopter huntress from hell! I want my children to have a wonderful future, and it's disturbing when I look around. Americans aren't very well-liked. A likable president would be a great start."

Anderson: "I don't do the gym and I don't diet. I'm vegetarian but I don't diet."

Anderson: "I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness."

Anderson: "I am the ultimate California girl, which is funny, being that I'm Canadian."

Anderson: "Even as a kid, I read 'Jung - Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me."

Anderson: "There's never going to be a great misunderstanding of me. I think I'm a little whacked."

Anderson: "I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things."

Anderson: "I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try."

Anderson: "I've had lots of things that didn't work out, like TV shows. You learn a lot through mistakes - I learned that you have to be the captain of your ship. Actually, I own my ship."

Anderson: "I was never an ambitious girl, or even a self-confident one. I never went in for beauty pageants or wore a stitch of make-up until I went to Los Angeles."

Anderson: "The true meaning of feminism is this: to use your strong womanly image to gain strong results in society."

The Guardian: How close is she to the Pam of popular mythology? Well, she says, she often surprises people. Take reading, for example. She's always got a book or two on the go, while most people expect her to be illiterate.