I love to paint. And I have another profession - an interior design business.

There's just such a premium on hurrying, and the camera is the be all and end all, and the actors had better hurry up and get it right and get it done.

I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out.

I helped found Artists for New South Africa, but it used to be called Artists for Free South Africa. Alfre Woodard and a bunch of us started this.

There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe they can paraphrase it and make it better.

I know this is kind of corny, but we thought about renewing our vows again because I think my mom would really love it if we did that in Arkansas, where I came from.

I have loved by far the majority of the people I've worked with and the experiences I've had.

I love being in the business I'm in-I do love being a part of a group of people that work well together. I love it when there's a connection.

I still try to do what I've always said I would do, which is say yes to the things that make my heart beat faster, particularly if there's something scary about it.

We tend to love things that are left of center anyway.

It just seemed like a lot of my work centered around England for a number of years.

Grace grows best in winter.

Never pass up the chance to be kissing someone. It's the worst kind of regret.

But now I am six. And I'm clever as clever. And now I think I'll stay six now forever and ever.

Nobody can give us what we really already are. Wouldn't it be terrible if somebody could give you what you really are? ...'cause if they could give it to you, they could take it away.

Eh! Je suis leur chef, il fallait bien les suivre. (Ah well! I am their leader, I really ought to follow them.)

A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.

There is too much of criticism and faultfinding with anger and raised voices.

Sometimes questions can be more cruel than insults.

There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity.

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.