I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of Performance called The Entertainer with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice.

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it.

Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that's when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood.

Every time, at any point of my life, I think now is always the best age to be.

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.

It's what people create that makes my heart stop.

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.

Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful, That's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.

I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome.

Pender laughed. "Verify? In this day and age? Who cares about verifying anything? It's all about the speed. Who gets there first defines the truth. You know that as well as any man living.

Only the virtuous can count on life, the pursuer of evil can only ever count on death.

My home is in heaven. I’m just passing through this world.

Yet a mysterious gate lay open within her shadow

I was sentenced to life plus 30 years by an all-White jury. What I saw in prison was wall-to-wall Black flesh in chains. Women caged in cells. But we're the terrorists. It just doesn't make sense.

I want to make sure that we, as a nation, stay unified because that's how we're going to achieve our missions.

Was Einstein's theory good? Relatively.

When I was younger, they used to tease me. And now they’re quite protective.

Chicago is a lot of my background as a chef.

True silence is really endless speech.