It's very hard to become an actor in film and television, you have to have such perseverance and you have to really believe that if you have any sort of talent at all, you will find work one day.

I find that actors who are wanting to pursue tv or films don't seem to have much interest in classical theatre.

Just believe in yourself and to find spirituality that’s going to carry you. Because all the rest is just fluff.

We are always just trying to be strong and yet in touch with our bodies and the only way you can really do that is to believe in yourself because that’s all that you have.

Painting is a hobby for me.

And I think because there is an essence of me that cares about other people and what other people think then that then makes me seem very sweet and polite.

I wouldn't say that I'm overly religious, but I have a pretty good relationship with my spiritual being.

All the pictures in magazines and all of that is fun but in the end it's all about your soul and who you are and have you connected with the people.

I've grown so much as a person through playing Gabrielle, much less living in New Zealand and being with all of these people that I can't imagine my life being any different.

I think you have to have different tools for each job - you know producer is very different from a director and very different from an actor.

Maybe they say they do but I don't think many actors really enjoy trying to do a Shakespearean play.

Failure opens the door to the most powerful lessons and discoveries – but it does so only if you have the courage to accept reality and look failure in the eye.

Direct lies, small lies, huge lies, and lies of omission… these are all self-serving and sources of self-destruction.

I love the people, ' I said. 'I have room in me for love, and for ever so many little lives.

Love is like an unfathomable idea. An idea that is slightly above euphoria, yet a fingers width from heaven.

By Trial And Error Divine Principles That Govern Our Behavior Has Been Discovered

Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects?

My career never went like anyone else’s, so I never followed anyone.

I am uniquely positioned and prepared to be president. I can assure you I am serious. I am committed

The truth remains. I was, and am, disgusted with myself.