Delilah Quotes

We've all listened to Dr. Laura Schlessinger, haven't we? We all know how not to play a psychiatrist.

There's a woman I see who's not my therapist, but she's like an old friend who's a therapist in profession. She lets me talk to her like a therapist once in a while, and she does a great thing. Whenever I have a big dilemma, like this is a big problem in my life, she always says, 'Wow, you're going to have to figure that out.'

I try to avoid giving advice.

I'm a huge proponent of therapy and analysis, but it's something that, in a nonprofessional way, can be abused.

I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.

I would never presume to give anyone advice.

I have tried therapy a couple of times, but it hasn't worked.

Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.

The show is 'Fix My Life!' Get it? Life. I do not fix people.

When you're an experienced celeb - which I am - you sometimes just need a bit of space, when you're not 'on'. I'm always on!

I have not spent years in therapy; I tried therapy in my mid-twenties, and it did not go very well. I just thought, 'This is so not for me. I would rather talk to one of my girlfriends.'

I thought, I'm out in my life, that doesn't involve my public life.

I've never, ever had any therapy. Some might say I need it, but I've never seen a shrink or a psychologist or anything like that.

Sometimes I want to just pull the off switch, but you can't because if you go outside, you have to give people your all. You can't say, 'Oh, you know what? I'm not feeling good today.' No. No one's trying to hear that. When a woman comes up to you and says, 'Hey, my daughter's your biggest fan. Can we have a picture?' - you can't say no.

I don't need a psychiatrist. I'm Catholic.

I am not somebody who likes to give advice, or anything like that, unless it's my closest friends or family.

I'm really wary of self-help books.

I have an addiction. I have a mental illness.

Everyone knows I'm married; I just don't discuss it. Because it's a part of my life that I'd rather keep private... When your whole life is played out in front of everybody, for your sanity, you need parts that are just yours.

There are millions of people who do want help. I'm not going to waste my time convincing people who aren't receptive.

There are some people who come to me for some illumination on their problems. I guess they feel I'm writing about some of the things they themselves are going through. But I don't usually have much help to give - there isn't much you can say to someone in the midst of their own crises.

I don't really try to give out advice, to be honest.

People deal with grief in many different ways. And some people in show business parade their relationships around like an accessory, and others like to keep it separate from business and commerce. It's perfectly fine to say, 'I actually don't want to talk about my love because that's not part of the fantasy world I created in commerce.'

I don't know if speaking to a therapist is right for everyone.

I've never read a self help book... the most self-help I've read is on a beer mat.