Biografie

In order to play a coke addict, Jules, in St. Elmo's Fire: Die Leidenschaft brennt tief (1985), she had to sign a contract stipulating that she would stop her own alcohol and drug abuse, an agreement that caused her life to turn around.

Had to bow out of Eine Klasse für sich (1992) due to pregnancy. "Bruce literally screwed her out of the part," remarked Penny Marshall, who directed the movie.

Continues to receive royalty checks for songs she wrote before becoming an actress.

First actress to reach 10 million dollar salary mark.

In 1995, became the highest-paid actress in film history, up until that time, earning $12.5 million for Striptease (1996).

I'm sure there are people who think I'm a bitch, but all I do is strive for perfection. I expect others to work as hard as me, but I'm not demanding to an unreasonable point.

The truth is you can have a great marriage, but there are still no guarantees.

There's this idea that if you take your clothes off, somehow you must have loose morals. There's still a negative attitude in our society towards women who use a strength that's inherent - their femininity - in any way that might be considered seductive.

Time is an amazing equalizer. I think if you stay true to yourself and keep moving forward, things come around.

On the changes made to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" (she starred in the adaptation): In truth, not very many people have read the book...the ultimate message of "Hester Prynne" would have been lost if we'd stayed with the original ending.

3 Engel für Charlie: Volle Power (2003) - $2,000,000

Harry außer sich (1998) - $450,000

Die Akte Jane (1998) - $11,000,000

Striptease (1996) - $12,500,000

Nicht schuldig (1996) - $7,500,000