I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind.

Anybody who has curly hair knows you don't want it to be brushed out because it becomes a never-ending tangle.

This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.

Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.

Judy Garland was just so delicious in every way and just so honest and generous.

Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her.

I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.

A lot of really good directors have a killer in them, as if they'd do anything to get that image. But that comes with the terrain and I don't mind it.

This is government. There is no entertainment.

My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote.

Know that you can make a difference in the world by being true to yourself, and moving in the direction of your dreams!

There is no indisputable proof for the big bang, " said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?

When our fears collided so did our souls.

Only a system in which all parts flourish is holistic.

I tried sniffing Coke once, but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose.

We cannot go back in time and change the past but we can repent.

Snape's patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children.

Freedom is participation in power.

The ninety percent of human experience that does not fit into established narrative patterns falls into oblivion.

Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them.

I have received and I want to give. This is the path to happiness and contentment.