My parents had a wonderful marriage, but it was a very dependent relationship. My mother was entirely dependent on my father because that's how it was in those days.

Jean's whole job is to protect Victoria. Jean is a very practical, very orderly, very disciplined person; she is the personality called the gatekeeper.

I have this personal affinity for the desert. I am fascinated by the desert. I love it.

And at five o'clock in the morning we left to drive to Old Tucson, and I sat with my mouth open in the van. I was stunned by the beauty of that country.

You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.

Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy.

I might be doing a lot more theater, which is kind of what I love, but there's simply no time for.

I haven't been on the stage in a long time.

I've obviously made a very nice amount of money. I have a very nice lifestyle. I get to do what I love. Very few actors get to do that, and even fewer are lucky enough to work steadily for 24 years.

Oh, God, I would love to go and do a play someplace.

But also, it's a wonderful thing for children to see the birthing of puppies, to see nature at its best when it works and to have the experience of the puppies.

You know what, Michael? I think this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship of loathing.

If you dare to lose, you will dare to win.

No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive.

Whenever you take the time to inspire someone, to aid them in their inner search, you'll find energy will come back to you - unless you are ego tripping or you are trying to manipulate them.

Hell is not to love anymore.

Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]

My best friend just had a baby, and she's my age. So I'm a godmom now, which is crazy.

the beginning of my history is - love. It is the beginning of every man and every woman's history, if they are only frank enough to admit it.

The little mind who loves itself, will wr'te and think with the vulgar; but the great mind will be bravely eccentric, and scorn the beaten road, from universal benevolence.