The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none

I really admire people who are extraordinarily tolerant and patient.

It's not the dress ... it's the way you see me.

More and more movies have been pressured to allow reporters and TV cameras to come onto the set while you're working, and I find that a real violation

I would love to work more - I really would - but there is not a lot of stuff around and the stuff that is around is not very complicated; it tends to lie a little flat

I get cold really quickly, but I don't care. I like weather. I never understand why people move someplace so that they can avoid weather.

I've never worked as much as I would've wanted to, and that's why I end up doing a lot of stage as well, because stage is a full course meal

I've never had a career of that kind of box office power. I've always learned the hard way

Drama is always conflict. Conflict either comes from within or without. The thing that makes a show different is the conflict manifests itself both internally and externally.

I'm basically talking to the audience, standing alone, describing the weather. It's very rudimentary, the dialogue, saying what the weather is like that day.

I act probably a lot more than you see. I happen to choose movies that don't have much of a life, or I choose movies that are shown on cable instead of as features

Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that's what I like about you most. Your anger.

The bible is an instruction book you don't want to skip reading.

Even though Sean still held my head down I was the only one who thought to ask"Who's driving the boat?" Over the motor I heard girls screaming at us the instant before we crashed.

My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

Let those who are famished come that they may lay aside perpetual hunger and be filled with heavenly food.

The most miraculous moments of my life were not when my daughter and son were born, but when the second or third Prozac pill shot down my throat and catapulted me into a world called sane.

I want to see the Doncaster Rovers supporters get the club the success it deserves.

America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home.

Art is when we do work that matters in a creative way, in a way that touches (people) and changes them for the better.