I went to stage school with a neighbor to build confidence because I was quite shy.

Be positive and laugh at everything.

My ambition is to become one of those actresses that is like a chameleon that you don't recognize.

Nobody puts Roach in the corner.

That's where my passion was ignited, on the set of 'Pobol Y Cwm.' I loved it and I've had such a passion for TV and films. I can't do anything else.

I had to live and breathe Margaret Thatcher for a few months. I totally engulfed myself in her life. I read her autobiography and a biography, 'The Grocer's Daughter.'

I think the most important thing is to have fun, and not to take things too seriously. Once you start doing that, then you'll start to crumble.

I love leaving the house in a new outfit; I don't feel the pressure at all.

I love all reality TV - Strictly, 'The X Factor.' I really don't see why people are so snobby about it.

Hairpieces are brilliant for adding volume.

Actresses are mental on the whole. But I think I'm pretty normal.

Some problems are imaginary and not real.

Whenever I feel as if my faith is being tested, give me the grace to see you moving in my life to strengthen my relationship with you.

It was hard not to realize what kind of kid his parents wished they'd had, and when he thought about that kind of kid it was tempting for Paul to want to track, hunt, and eat the little thing.

Not every problem can be solved by you trying to get yourself killed.

Most wonderful things are unconscious.

A mom and dad found an S&M magazine under their 10-year-old son's bed, and the dad said, 'Well, we sure can't spank him.'

Here and there on the branch of an oak a congress of leaves still clung, rigid as flakes of bronze.

Once I had kids, my whole attitude changed. I was like, "You make a spinal cord from scratch and we'll talk."

The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated.

Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather than exaggerate them.