I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.

He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking.

It's easier in some ways being on the life raft and the other guy's in the boat and you can row alongside and be supportive. In some ways, that's an easier role.

I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful.

But when you're in something together, it's very hard to be objective and you're very subjective.

I think that certainly my choices empower me.

Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess.

I think in this movie, every time I see his work, I'm blown away by it because he, to me, he really embodied the character so powerfully and so real, so truthfully to me.

It's not that I don't see myself as hot and sexy. Don't get me wrong. No, it's not that.

I'm not going to be remotely funny.

Global climate change is real. The legislative branch of our government is our last line of defense against pollution which is why I am so grateful to have the NRDC making our voice heard.

It is in the movements of emotional crisis that human beings reveal themselves most accurately.

Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God.

Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.

There are many things which may not be uttered by men in threadbare coats.

From talk radio to insult radio wasn't really that much of a leap.

Stop tolerating in your leaders what you would not tolerate in your friends.

Your name is upon my tongue your image is in my sight your memory is in my heart where can I send these words that I write ?

People always think I hate doing interviews. I don't. I wouldn't do them if I didn't like them.