It's very hard to step into a job when people are just dismissing you as a pretty face, and saying you got your job only because your surname is McMahon.

Some laws are wrong, and we have an obligation to speak out against those laws wherever they are.

We should not be afraid to speak the truth to our powerful friend the United States.

I like the opportunity to play characters who have these dark sides but make the audience empathize with them. You want them to think there is some kind of sweeter, softer side to it.

A lot of times you just go through life and forget to stop and say: "This is cool." Or: "I'm lucky, I love the people in my life and I love what I'm doing."

It's kind of fun when it's you versus them.

You know, it's always fun to play the bad guy at the end of the day.

What's a premonition? It's when you feel something before it actually happens. Do I believe in it? Yes. Have I had one? Nothing worth noting. I believe in all of that kind of stuff.

The reality is you have to do your work and maybe you don't know everything. Maybe I don't know what the hell I'm doing! But most of the time you can't even admit that, though.

I've always been interesting in characters that challenge people and who are not always that easy to like.

I think when you're a mom and an actor, it forces you to leave any actor neuroses behind and just concentrate on the work.

Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart.

Il est non seulement impossible, mais inutile de conna|"tre Dieu sans Je sus-Christ. It is not only impossible, but also useless to recognize God without Jesus.

When you see a horse that’s troubled, you sort of feel sorry for them, yet that doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t still ask the horse to behave and find a way to fit in and respond to you as well.

My mom was kinda like a cat. She slept a lot.

It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson.

Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

In faith, I'm a believer in the do's - you know, love your neighbor, love your enemy. I don't spend a lot of time thinking on the don'ts 'cause I can't get the do's right.

Think today's interest rates are high? The Pilgrims borrowed $7000 from a London company of 70 investors in 1620, and devoted the next 23 years to repaying it at 43 percent.

I don't know any jokes, which is embarrassing. I wish I did.