I am not a sex symbol of the BROADWAY COMMUNITY. I KNOW guys who are, and I SAY, 'Rock it out.' But I'm more COMFORTABLE in a different land. I don't know what land it is, but not that one.

I STILL don't BUY the IDEA that I'm a 'sex SYMBOL.'

When PEOPLE SAY, 'You're PERCEIVED as a sex symbol,' I love the idea of that because it's so ABSURD.

You'd be hard-pressed to FIND an ACTOR who isn't a SEX SYMBOL SOMEWHERE.

I am not a SEX SYMBOL.

I didn't KNOW I was a SEX SYMBOL in the U.K., but if I am, then I'm flattered.

It's rather AMUSING at my ADVANCED AGE to become a SEX symbol.

I don't think I'll ever be COMFORTABLE being considered a sex symbol, especially after you work with SOMEONE LIKE GEORGE Clooney.

After 'Jungle,' PEOPLE have REALIZED that I'm not just a SEX SYMBOL.

I have NEVER apologised for my ASSETS or for being a SEX SYMBOL.

What does it mean when I wear something that makes me look like a DISNEY Princess? Versus something that's like 'ooh, maybe Kiki Layne can be a sex symbol.' Because these are things that, sometimes dark skin actors with natural hair, we don't GET PUT into those TYPES of conversations.

If I wake up one DAY and PEOPLE tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good MUSIC and having fun. That 'sex symbol' thing is typically part of being in the limelight. You better be very talented in your music, but it's good to be nice to look at, I GUESS.

Being a SEX symbol had its ADVANTAGES. You got to meet a lot of interesting people, and MEN especially. It was a man's world in those days, and I had a lot of LUCK with men.

I was originally cast to be the brains of the Enterprise. Somehow I became The Chick. There's a little ugly girl inside of me going 'Yay! I'm a SEX SYMBOL!'