I'm an actor. I'm trying to be the character and do what they're doing.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I've never had my heart broken.

There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.

I MUST go to what desperately frightens me - the chance of failure.

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.

Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.

My agent said, "You aren't good enough for movies." I said, "You're fired."

You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis.

In order to achieve a higher consciousness, one must get lost in love.

The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.

Let us have no further blind devotion to the communist dominated United Nations!

I've been co-writing a TV thing with Bryan Cranston, which we are going to find out soon if it's moving forward or not which is for Amazon.

Why do Jewish men die before their wives? They want to.

The very act of questioning whether you exist proves you do, because you must be there for the doubt to be entertained in the first place.

I once blurted out that I found it impossible to bond with my son Winston because I was too tired. I mean how bloody awful does that sound? What a tosser!

Will you say England belongs to other nationals because they are there in largenumbers?

You know, some people take peace of mind and confuse it with lack of passion.

When you don't have a seat at the table, you're on the menu, my friend Lee Saunders has said, and he is correct.