I'm a bloody fun-seeker. Whatever the role is, I'll find a way to deliver the line that is confounding.

We live at the edge of the world, so we live on the edge. Kiwis will always sacrifice money and security for adventure and challenge.

For the first time in my life, I put my body and reputation on the line to stand up for my beliefs and do the right thing. I hope I've encouraged other people to do the same.

Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot.

Happiness is a choice. You grieve, you stomp your feet, you pick yourself up and choose to be happy.

Now it wasn’t just that Xena was bisexual and kinda liked her gal pal and they kind of fooled around sometimes, it was ‘Nope, they’re married, man.'

I am not intimidating. I am a woman's woman. I love hanging out with women. And people are really inspired by this show.

One of my missions is to get people to go, "Oh, she's really nice and I really like her, but what were the words she just said?!" I want your instincts to be at odds with your mind.

So yes, the roles are getting more and more like me. But that's because Xena was so entirely unlike me. Most people aren't really aware of that.

My voice likes rock music. My problem is, I can do a lot of things, but I have to find my own voice.

I've often wanted to play the victim, or somebody who makes terrible choices. I would love to play the alcoholic mother who horribly lets down her children. That's a great morally imperiled role.

You're a tree in whose shadow we can't thrive. We want to be our own.

Industrial medicine is as little interested in ecological health as is industrial agriculture. (Health Is Membership, pg. 98)

Hades is evolved to the highest state of simplicity.

my parents Oedipal fakers

To pull a friend out of the mire, don't hesitate to get dirty.

If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.

A lot of people have fancy things to say about customer service, but it's just a day-in, day-out, ongoing, never-ending, persevering, compassionate kind of activity.

The more we listen to ourselves and make positive changes based on what we discover, the more interesting life becomes.

Someone once bought me loads of clothes from a charity shop - and sent them to me in a black bin liner. That was weird. I went through it and it was full of bizarre outfits like Abba costumes.

I am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while.