I think my guideline has been to find things that inspire me. And as long as I stick to that, I don't think I'll have any problems crossing over to becoming an adult actress.

To go from Girl, Interrupted, where I had to cry every day, to a TV show like West Wing where I get to laugh and joke around every day, has been a welcome relief.

There's nothing like getting yourself into character and seeing a different person. It really wears on your vanity.

Art often reflects what's going on in the world, and we're seeing stories that are very diverse and that are lead and made by women because that's what's in our world.

I think one of my biggest influences is Bette Davis. I've seen almost every one of her films, and she's been very inspiring to me.

You got shook and shook till there was nothing left. You lost your name and your body and your self and you just didn't care.

God has forgiven and still forgives us when we repent from our sins, an indication that we are not called to sin, but to live in accordance with His will.

The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident.

God has been pleased to prescribe limits to his power and to work out his ends within these limits.

If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil.

Everyone on the bus can laugh at me, and I'll be like, 'Screw you guys: I look good!'

I fail frequently - I just try to keep it quiet.

Books and movies inspire me, but I do my best to keep my stories as original as possible.

I've been shooting movies and television shows for now 47 years and I've worked with the best of them and [Kirk Douglas] is the only movie star I ever met.

If no-one comes from the future to stop doing it, then how bad of a decision can it really be?