My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.

Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.

Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them.

I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people.

I dont have the confidence to be a personality.

I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.

I don't know any woman who is happy with her looks. I certainly wouldn't want to be friends with anyone who was.

And children? 'I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.

I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.

I absolutely hate clothes shopping, though I love clothes. It's my idea of heaven to be handed things to wear.

As You Like It' was the first Shakespeare production I ever did.

Delusion is the seed of dreams.

Love is friendship. Love is happiness.

Late on the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset, ..., there flashed upon my mind, unforeseen and unsought, the phrase “Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben” (“reverence for life”).

[Democrats] are trying on every front to increase the role of government.

If you are just having unusual experiences and feeling special–especially if you feel better than everybody else–I think that is a dangerous thing.

One of the reasons for putting yourself on the line, is that life is not simply treading water... I always felt that once you reach a certain point, you have to try and move ahead.

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.

Sarah Palin met the wombshifter! Old Sarah and the wombshifter.

Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.

I didn't worry if a bit got no response, as long as I believed it had enough response to linger.