I'm always interested in something that Helen Mirren is doing. I thought her series Prime Suspect was unbelievable. I think she might be my favorite actress.

You could do all the internships in the world but if you're not very bright, you might not get into the University of Chicago.

I'll see anything that Humphrey Bogart did. Weird, quirky, I know but that's the way it is.

I have great respect for Craig Lucas. I absolutely adore his sensibility.

I love Paris. I've been there a number of times.

The theater's been very good to me and I became Julie Halston through the theater.

A lot of times if you want to get another agent, agents actually make you do monologues in their offices. They still do that! You've got to come up with something!

Don't chew gum at an audition and wear really bad clothes. That doesn't work. You need to hear that! You need to hear practical advice.

I think actors really like to know what does a casting agent really think or what does a composer really think.

You want him praising the Lord in the morning, you put a smile on his face tonight.

You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it.

All nature mourns, the skies relent in showers; hushed are the birds, and closed the drooping flowers.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

Ask God's blessings on your work but don't ask Him to do it for you.

A good friend who points out mistakes is to be respected, as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes.

It is not the lowest priced goods that are always the cheapest - the quality is, or ought to be as much an object with the purchaser, as the price.

I’ve been listening to how the Roman Empire fell and all I can say is, it didn’t fall nearly fast enough!”-Iggy

Sometimes people fail to see that individual decisions have universal consequences.