To me, being an actor is the best job in the land, next to being a mother and having a family and a husband. I just think it's the realization of, "Hey, this is the greatest situation in the world."

TV is terrific. It's really fast paced which I find difficult.

Life gets more interesting as it goes on. It becomes fuller because there is perspective there.

I think women are used to stepping up and getting the job done when you need to.

I guess getting older has its benefits, one of them being perspective.

I have to say my background was mostly theatre, which I love, and it took a long time to feel comfortable there. That's probably true of anyone's career.

The work for the actor is always the same. We're looking for a human being. We're looking for believable human behavior.

I always felt like a successful actor when I got a job.

I can say that I am, by nature, optimistic.

The great thing about an independent film is that you're too busy working, and you're too busy hoping to God to get it done.

Dreaming is a journey through wonder, surprise, and freedom.

There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump.

No reason to get excited,' the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.

Of all bad listeners, the worst and most terrible to encounter is the man who is so fond of listening that he wishes to hear, not only your conversation, but that of every other person in the room.

It is not a good idea to continually repeat a mantra during meditation. Repeating a mantra throughout your mediation causes you to fixate on a specific level of consciousness.

There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed.

She had a passion for secrecy, but she herself was merely a Sphinx without a secret.

I don't know about you, but every time some joker points me out as I walk through an airport wearing extra-small Dolfin shorts, a tank top and leg warmers, I get a little upset.

Not one word of the following is true

This misery that I am suffering is of my own doing, and that very thing proves that it will have to be undone by me alone.