I was lucky enough to be able to grow and mature in a natural way as an actress.

I have literally played the most interesting parts since I turned 40.

I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.

I grew up with the one of the most famous fathers in the world in the 1960s and '70s. He passed away in 1984, and as time went on, people didn't know him. That blew me away.

For me, hour-long drama was always the thing I felt the most comfortable doing, and I've played so many dramatic roles in the theater.

I have a tendency as an actress in general to ground my characters. Even when doing outlandish characters, that's my instinct.

It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.

Oh my darling! Burn my heart again and again with the fire of your love.

Be willing to die for your beliefs, or computer printouts of your beliefs.

They say when one door shuts, another one opens. But they haven’t been living at my house. Most of the doors I open seem to have something scary crouched behind them, anyway.

Nothing stands for content-free corporate bullshit quite like PowerPoint. And that's just scratching the surface.

A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.

The air of summer was sweeter than wine.

And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what the writer wishes him to know, and is thus seduced into believing almost anything.

There is no excuse for this administration shielding information about Iraq and the fact that we have great difficulties there from the American people.

Had my life increased, or merely added to itself? There had been addition and subtraction in my life, but how much multiplication?

As I get older, the character evolves tremendously because I'm married and have kids now and realize certain things are not funny anymore. I threw them out of my act.