I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony missionary and save people.

I lost many a role to actresses who couldnt do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.

Our great country is rich and abundant in so many ways. It is totally unacceptable to me that we have children and families going hungry!

Chemotherapy is such a hard, hard kiss. Anything we can do to alleviate its side effects should be intelligently explored with an open mind.

Have a little faith, kick a little dirt.

I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70.

I had to force myself not to be overly protective because I had lost one child.

For 30 years, which I never talked about in Hollywood, I actually worked with doctors lecturing and doing some medical intuitive counseling both in a medical setting and for the community at large.

Remember, you are the same today as you will be in five years, except for two things: the people you meet and the books you read. Choose both carefully.

Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things - it almost becomes second nature to do so.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

My son's 18, 142 pounds and hits it 40 (yards) by me. Instead of to the pin, he's lasering the distance between me and him.

Things take a long time, but when it's right things move fast.

Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.

When people think of dance films, they don't really think of good stories.

Part of wearing a tee is saying, 'I'm comfortable and casual.'

I loved the atmosphere of the dance studios - the wooden floors, the big mirrors, everyone dressed in pink or black tights, the musicians accompanying us - and the feeling of ritual the classes had.