I do force myself to sleep with myself to get the job. But that's always a disappointment.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

I have a lovely family who supports me and it's great.

With craziness, you can't predict it. There's very little defense you can have on craziness.

I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.

You get addicted to emotions. Our endorphins kick in and it's like a high. On the low end you might love roller coasters. On the high end you might be a bank robber or something.

If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.

I think it's not a question of why, more a question of why not.

Take a chance. Take a risk. Find that passion and rekindle it. Fall in love all over again. It's really worth it.

If you work hard, you have a better chance of producing something that you're proud of. If you don't, you won't. It's really simple.

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us.

The song of the brush.

Obviously Linux owes its heritage to UNIX, but not its code. We would not, nor will not, make such a claim.

She didn't need to go to acting school to learn that the essence of acting is to act like you're not acting.

The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.

I am not enough to be only in the mountains, not enough to be on an expedition. I believe that if the walks uphill, then with some goal, and that goal is to climb to the top.

A thousand fools believe a lie, and it's good as truth.

Wisdom in relationships involves a selfless desire to do what's best for the other person.

I'm not a great joke writer, which is odd for a comic to say, but I'm not.

Because I'm so hands on here at work and always looking at fabrics you have to be mobile and as comfortable as possible.

You're dressed for dancing," she said in her throaty stage voice. "Being undressed for dancing occured to me, but I didn't think Merris would like it.