I am both proud and honored to be on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ballet Theater.

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

However, I do firmly believe in maintaining the integrity of the animal.

I love to ride horses, hike in the woods with Juliette and appraise Longhorns.

My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness.

Thus, during the winter of 2003 I ventured into a new arena as a professional photographer.

My desire is to let go of my ego and let in His direction.

I, also, found the opportunity to work with the actors extremely gratifying and rewarding.

My desire is to walk with God every day.

You can take the girl out of Texas but not the Texas out of the girl and ultimately not the girl out of Texas.

I wrote my children's book because I believe there are children that are hurting and may need to know that there is love out there for them- God's love.

People ask without wanting to know.

My goal as an actor has always been to reach a level where I can find a lot of interesting work, and I think I'm at that point now. The Oscar has given me a lot of recognition.

When I am perfectly clear, what is is what I want.

I grew up in Southern California so I was always at the beach and outdoors. I remember my dad laying around the pool baking; he was practically George Hamilton.

I can honestly say I love getting older. Then again, I never put my glasses on before looking in the mirror.

Seeking the ideal has a long history, it produces many saints but few paradigm changes.

He is the richest man in the esteem of the world who has gotten the most. He is the richest man in the esteem of Heaven who has given the most.

Some people think they are too good to walk the same earth as the rest of us, let alone attend the same church.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

I think that I'm not really preoccupied with my identity or what I am as an artist and how that can be wrapped up in medium. I just think about whatever project it is that I'm doing.