I've come to learn that there is a real difference between men and women. It's genetic.

They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range.

Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama.

The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males.

But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age.

In my early days I was a contract player at Universal and I had a wonderful mentor named Monique James, who was head of talent there, and she used to drag me on sets to do parts.

I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition.

Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things?

I'm not here to put down men, God love them and I'm married to one, but I do think they are more shallow.

You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.

I dont believe there is any character that one can play for that long and not bring a piece of you to it.

Some stories won't have a happy ending, but there's always hope that the next one will. Hope is everything. Even when there's nothing else. Especially when there's nothing else.

Mostly, what people mean by love is laziness.

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

[My family] is one of the strongest families you're ever likely to see.

Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.

In spite of all the dishonour, the broken standards, the broken lives, The broken faith in one place or another, There was something left that was more than the tales Of old men on winter evenings.

My mum would like to see me on the cover of 'Good Housekeeping' demonstrating children's toys with some nice lipstick on.

Love is a spirit all compact of fire.

If we've learned anything, it's that the combination of yellow smiley faces and blue polyester vests are irresistible to the inbred.