I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing.

Children's programming in America, I think it's pretty shoddy in terms of lack of diversity. It's pretty much cartoons and Disney sort of shows. I don't find any of that stimulating for children.

One of my sisters is physically and mentally handicapped. She took a lot of my parents' attention, so I grew up in my own world, playing in my room for hours and hours.

I think people think celebrities get babies really easily, like Angelina Jolie, but they don't hear about the ones who aren't successful because we don't like talking about it, it's too painful.

In England, 'Doctor Who' has always been considered a children's show, at least by children.

I've never been a size zero, let me say that here and now. I've never been that sort of person.

I think if you live in London, it's such a cosmopolitan city, nobody even notices different-race relationships. I assumed it would be even more liberal in the States, and it's totally the opposite.

I think a lot of actors need validation. If you see truly amazing actors perform, they expose themselves to such an incredible degree. You can really see their pain.

The truth is, I'm not a coper. I hate stress. I might appear calm externally but internally it's all going on.

If you are the one who is dumped, then you feel like your life is over.

Having been in Hollywood as a shadow, as someone who is almost invisible, I can see fame for what it is.

I can only imagine that future generations will consider us to have been barbaric for our intolerance of differences.

I would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy.

[There is only one possible solution to unrest in the Middle East], namely the annihilation and destruction of the Zionist state.

Wherever you live is your temple, if you treat it like one.

An act of evil is the death of wonder

I wanted to be Red Barber, Mel Allen or Howard Cosell. I loved their personalities and all of their sounds.

I just hope I'm remembered as a good blues musician.

Obviously, I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.

I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.

Again, if you only know what you know, you don't know if something's good or bad. You don't have perspective.