If I feel any sort of emotional upheaval, I go for a jog and I feel better.

If there's cheesecake in the house, I'll have some.

I'd rather not have a moment when I'm known for my looks; being funny and interesting lasts longer.

I think children are like pancakes. You sort of ruin the first one, and you get better at it the second time around.

I don't have the best family history heart-wise, so I really try to keep my heart strong.

It makes my makeup artist's life easier. [Plus] it makes my eyes look a little more open on TV, which is where I happen to work right now.

If I win, it's because of my natural ability and if I lose, it's because I wasn't trying so hard.

My job affords me the luxury of having help. I don't feel exhausted, I feel lucky.

I try to make my heart beat out of my chest, hard-core, once a day for at least a half hour. I think that's very important.

I always remind my kids, "I'm your parent, but I'm a human being, too, so I may not be perfect."

I had a picture-perfect childhood. My parents were like June and Ward Cleaver; there was nothing dysfunctional about them.

Do as I do, not as I say -- observance often tells me more.

Reading haiku is like viewing a photograph or a painting. A haiku is a moment of time, isolated, and held up for viewing.

This was a great year for preventive worrying. Seldom in recent history have so many people worried about so many things that didn't happen in the end.

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

As an audience member, I like watching Rupert as an actor when he's most playful. I think Rupert is really adept at comedy; I think that's where his strength lies.

I'm this little Canadian Jewish girl, and I'm living my dream.

If you gather a lot of stuff, then you write it, write in scenes with dialogue. Somewhere in the middle, rising from all this research like strong metal towers, is your opinions.

I do think that there is an almost more old fashioned mentality to the way musical theatre people and actresses especially are treated.

An ignorant man is insignificant and contemptible; nobody cares for his company, and he can just be said to live, and that is all.

Forgiveness is Truth itself. It is Righteousness, it is the Veda. It is the supreme virtue in this world.