I didn't back into being an actor, I was born one.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I've never had my heart broken.

There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.

I MUST go to what desperately frightens me - the chance of failure.

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.

Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.

My agent said, "You aren't good enough for movies." I said, "You're fired."

You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis.

The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for future disappointment with every success that you deliver because you end up raising your audience's expectations.

So many kids are fat drug addicts these days, it's almost as if Rush Limbaugh had puppies.

Philanthropy, like charity, must begin at home.

There's no pressure in baseball. Pressure is when the doctor is getting ready to cut you, take your heart out, and put it on a table.

Shabbat is a day of rest, of mental scrutiny and of balance. Without it the workdays are insipid.

I kind of weirdly fell into being an action hero...I have no f- idea how that happened. You have to remind people that you want to act rather than just run around

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.

Family values stand up to injustice and power outside the household.

Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30.