I'd like to play a mixture of Lucille Ball meets Murphy Brown meets Glenn Close on 'Damages,' to keep a little bit of the darkness in there. I like dark comedy a lot.

I've always thought that bartenders and hairstylists would be great interrogators because all day long they have to listen to people talk. They could probably make some fugitive spill the beans.

My dentist is actually a highly technical specialist, constantly experimenting with the latest dental research. The equipment he has makes my old dentist look prehistoric.

I don't know how anyone can work on people's mouths all day long. That disgusts me. I'd rather work on the other end than work on mouths.

I kind of have a phobia for the dentist's office.

I'm not sure cavemen had plumbers. They probably just used a hole.

Maybe the artist becomes the marshal. It'd probably be a very different kind of society with artists in control.

If I'm a criminal, and I'm confronted with a 7-foot tall cop and an albino cop, I'm gonna be so lost, I'm spilling my guts.

Your mind has a flood of questions.There is but one teacherWho can answer them.Who is that teacher?Your silence-loving heart.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

It makes no difference to my family where one comes from as long as we make each other happy. They are pretty cool like that.

We are sufficient to do everything possible to heal this Earth.

If you're regularly willing to give a critique, but not willing to take one, you're not a leader, you're a cynic.

The needs of children during adolescence are particular and acute. They need an opportunity to develop a sense of identity and to maintain the sense of security that emanates from group acceptance.

Daddy gave me real useful information to protect me in the real world. If anyone hits me, I'm not to hit them back. I wait until their back is turned, then hit them in the head with a brick.

I have always been quite good at falling in love, but I don't pretend to know anything about literal happily ever afters.

I've always been curious about the psychology of the person behind the mask. When someone is anonymous, it opens the door to all kinds of antisocial behavior, as seen by the Ku Klux Klan.

Recognizing that something is wrong is the first step toward changing the world.