To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before.

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.

I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

Moments of pure happiness...come upon you unexpectedly. Don't be too preoccupied to experience them.

Everything is transient. Everything is constantly changing. The only thing we have is now.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

Don't be absent from your own life.

I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Most people say, 'Never let anyone change you.' Well, I must say that this only applies to those who are living in the positive direction.

How you make others feel about themselves, says a lot about you.

Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.

Now our biggest environmental problems come from our own actions, our own choices, rather than pollution produced by big business.

Pay attention to the vital few and ignore the trivial many.

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.

I am more afraid of doing what is wrong than of dying.

It varies by community. At (one local community) we've never offered them. But at most communities, we offer 2 or 3 percent off base price.

I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact.

I was looking at people like Jim Morrison and David Bowie and Mick Jagger and I thought, Ah! I want to look like them.