I hope that my work makes a difference because I think that's why I do it.

I find that actors who are wanting to pursue tv or films don't seem to have much interest in classical theatre.

Just believe in yourself and to find spirituality that’s going to carry you. Because all the rest is just fluff.

We are always just trying to be strong and yet in touch with our bodies and the only way you can really do that is to believe in yourself because that’s all that you have.

Painting is a hobby for me.

And I think because there is an essence of me that cares about other people and what other people think then that then makes me seem very sweet and polite.

I wouldn't say that I'm overly religious, but I have a pretty good relationship with my spiritual being.

All the pictures in magazines and all of that is fun but in the end it's all about your soul and who you are and have you connected with the people.

It's very hard to become an actor in film and television, you have to have such perseverance and you have to really believe that if you have any sort of talent at all, you will find work one day.

I've grown so much as a person through playing Gabrielle, much less living in New Zealand and being with all of these people that I can't imagine my life being any different.

I think you have to have different tools for each job - you know producer is very different from a director and very different from an actor.

Opinion about religion might be different, but religion should be one and that is the well being of humanity.

We need more people in this world, energised by chasing a quest or a goal and that is what will energise the world.

In order to heal themselves, people must recognize, first, that they have an inner guidance deep within and, second, that they can trust it.

Is there any one of us who doesn’t want to strike back at all the evil in this world?

My house had suddenly turned into a hospital ward.

I find the evidence for the deity of Jesus and the reliability of the Bible to be powerful and persuasive, and that evidence has only gotten stronger over the years.

I knew a girl so ugly, she had a face like a saint-a Saint Bernard!

It's fine to dress in polka dots and pink crinoline if you want. What I recoil from is the idea that that alone is the only way to be female.

What I'm advocating is an intellectual revolution - it's a different mindset concerning the ethical benchmarks by which we live.

We have no target for the number of medals we hope to win in 2012 - yet. But we want every kid in the country to have the chance to have the best opportunities.