One of Hollywood's busiest bees, Goldie Hawn never stops producing honey. Recently, she's made issue-oriented TV movies like The Matthew Shepard Story and When Billie Beat Bobby. Now, Hawn says she's written a feature film and a documentary about "the search for joy around the world." Plus, the 56-year-old actress hints: "I'm writing a book — but I'm not going to talk about that."

Kurt Russell's longtime lover says "sustaining my own personal happiness" is what keeps her so driven. "My goals are so lofty," she laughs, "I wish Kurt would drag me into his boat and take me away. But if we're not inspired, what are we?"

Lately, Hawn has felt inspired by daughter Kate Hudson's Oscar-nominated turn in Almost Famous. Like Hudson, she plays a disillusioned rock groupie in The Banger Sisters — opening Sept. 20 — co-starring Susan Sarandon. "I think [my character] Suzette would've known Penny Lane, definitely," she enthuses. "And Katie really helped me through this. She gave me a lot of tips and ideas, and we talked about my wardrobe and hair. She was great."

Back in the '60s, Laugh-In starlet Hawn got married young and was too focused on her career to get jiggy with drugs and free love. "I did go-go early on in dance clubs," she giggles, "but that was a job, you know? It wasn't a great job... sometimes a little precarious. But in terms of idolizing rock stars, and being young and wrapped up in dreams and hopes and marijuana? Not me."