I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning.

Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities.

I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.

I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested.

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.

My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes.

When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma.

A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back.

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.

Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in the eye. You know there are no takes and retakes. You have one chance to do your job... and you better do it well!

It sounded like a very loud vacuum cleaner behind us.

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

But if you aren't any religion, how are you going to know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center?

I am a 21st century man. I don’t believe in magic. I believe in sweat, tears, life and death.

Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone is power; that a borrowed word is weaker than our own weakness, however small we may be.

I don't know why, but women in a hair salon share their deepest secrets.

The difference between education and know-how is that one you pay for, the other you charge for.

A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.

It was easier to sell a painting that was not for sale.

Though I may not flow where the wind guides me, I won’t become still water.