My father's ashes are not yet interred.strangely, I find the fact that he isn't properly laid to rest helps me when I'm doingthis play.

And I would urge all women to have that regular mammogram.

I became the butterfly. I got out of the cocoon, and I flew.

And so I was very grateful that I didn't do the British stiff upper lip, but I went straight to a therapist. And she was wonderful and helpful, and I went for about two years.

As an actor, particularly because I'm - I would call myself a character actor. I change my look, my physical appearance and my body, my hair color, my whatever all the time for a role.

God always has another custard pie up his sleeve.

But I'm looking at life, and I'm putting nothing off.

There were times after my marriage ended where, you know, I really felt like I was at the bottom of a mountain, there was a great big, fog up there, and I'm never going to cross to the other side.

And yet, I suppose you mourn the loss or the death of what you thought your life was, even if you find your life is better after. You mourn the future that you thought you'd planned.

Smart girls know how to play tennis, piano, and dumb.

They have - they do still hit me occasionally, and it's an overwhelming grief for what - even though my life is so good now, even including going through treatment for cancer, my life is incredible.

Replace dabbling with laser-beamfocus on something important.

I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.

Once you transcend the illusions you will discover that — you — are the most thrilling experience you will ever have.

Influence is a very tenuous matter. I try to avoid it in every respect. I don't want to be influenced by anybody.

Humanity is waiting for us. Not to hear about our actions, but to see our actions.

Today if something is not worth saying, people sing it.

When we choose to follow Christ in faith rather than choosing another path out of fear, we are blessed with a consequence that is consistent with our choice.

I wouldn't have filmed The Color Purple if the book had been a big fat novel. The reason I read it is because it is thin.

Try to live with a generous heart. Doing anything else is too hard.

The peculiar grace of a Shaker chair is due to the fact that it was made by someone capable of believing that an angel might come and sit on it.