On a personal note, myself, I find religion - I can understand it, I can understand why we have it, as a kind of force on the planet. And I also at the same time think it's ludicrous.

Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel.

I think that there should be a Gaius Baltar Award for Moral Cowardice given out to people every year.

I think the level of devotion some sci-fi fans display turns other people off.

I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life.

My first show, in England, was called Soldier, Soldier.

Jokes are very curious things psychologically.

When somebody says, Action, I act. When they say, Cut, thats my job. Ive done it.

I never talk about filming until I'm actually on the set and I've got the job, because otherwise - "Oh yeah, I'm going to be so busy," and then you're going to see me in McDonald's in two months.

I think it was in my second week that I auditioned for Battlestar. I was very "Oh gosh, I want to be in television, I want to be in something, but I don't know if I want to be in this."

[Metaphors] replace genuine uncertainty about the world with semantic ambiguity. A metaphor is a cover-up.

He's come a long way, but he's still never accepted that he's forgiven.

Faith is a gift of God.

There are so many female directors coming into the industry and a lot of them have important stories they want to tell that seem to fall a little bit more on the indie level.

You want to finish something when it's good. You don't want to be the last one at the party!

Economic controversy is generally a thankless task. You cannot hope to make any impression on your opponent. Yet he is the only reader on whose interest you can count.

In Mexico you have death very close. That's true for all human beings because it's a part of life, but in Mexico, death can be found in many things.

In Hollywood, you feel a responsibility to look less disheveled than you are. But I'm a mom, and I'm not good at putting time into prepping.

I read Russian literature a lot.

My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.