My parents never pressured me except to advise me against acting.

It was certainly a good death scene. I'm endlessly perishing in roles but it's a wonderful thing to be asked to do.

I am a single mother - that is the reality.

I suppose my life has always been about pleasing people, making sure theyre all right, doing the right thing. Then, suddenly, you have to face up to what you want and be honest about it.

I've always been brought up to stand on my own two feet and not rely too heavily on everyone else around me.

Only out of great vulnerability do you discover what strength you have. Having a daughter who I love with all my being has helped me mine the source of that strength to previously unknown depths.

I've always had an enormous sense of independence. But I know that sometimes I can be too independent. It is important to be able to share your life - so that is a work in progress for me.

When I go into the garden, I forget everything. It's uncomplicated in my world of gardening. It's trial and error, really. If something doesn't work, it comes out, and you start all over again.

Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.

Are ya glad to see me, or is that a roll of poker chips in your pants?

Nothing was more nauseating than people who constantly complained about their life, but did nothing about it.

What has made America the wealthiest, most successful country on Earth historically has been our commitment to education.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself. And spiders. ~Bumper sticker~

All I really want is enough to live on, a little house in the country... and a tree in the garden with seven of my enemies hanging in it.

Where else, in a non-totalitarian country, but in the political profession is the individual expected to sacrifice all-including his own career-for the national good?

The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.

I was annoyed and I was crying [her honest reaction to losing a tennis match at the US Open]

Voiceover work reminds me of old-time radio. When I was little I used to sneak and stay up at night and listen to Mystery Radio Theater - I loved all those old radio plays.