I feel blessed to have had such a background, where animals, food raising, harvesting and canning were a natural part of life.

You can't steal my joy because you didn't give it to me! Blessed.

I'm the sexiest when I'm happy because it brings out a lot of confidence.

I'm a huge seafood lover; I could cook it everyday.

Since we're neither at the bottom nor at the top, we must be in the middle.

Without butterflies, the world would soon have few flowers. There is enough room in the sky for all flyers.

Don’t take yourself too seriously.

I always enjoyed getting dolled up. I grew up surrounded by a bunch of women so you know there were always hair/makeup, clothes, shoes and other girly things around.

I prefer to do absolutely nothing. I love to relax. But, if there's a beach around that's where you'll find me.

Sabotage is like, so satisfying.

Visits to 'the country' were very important to me growing up, especially working on the farm, experiencing all the wonders of cats and chickens and pigs and calves and outhouses!

The beauty of the animal form is in exact proportion to the amount of moral and intellectual virtue expressed by it.

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.

I know that I'm better as an actor when I'm working with a good actor. I think anytime you're working with a better actor, it makes you a better actor.

I know of no title that I deem more honorable than that of Professor of the Harvard Law School.

You speak of poverty and dependence. Who are poor and dependent? Who are rich and independent? When was it that men agreed to respect the appearance and not the reality?

You have to carry so many archetypes as an actor, especially as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed one.

Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche.

Libraries aren't in the real world, after all. They're places apart, sanctuaries of pure thought. In this way I can go on living on the moon for the rest of my life.

Each moment contains a hundred messages from God.

I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where my parents raised German shepherds - we had about 30 dogs at any given time.