We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the month, and we get four months off for the summer. So there's plenty of time for me to spend with the kids.

I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless of denomination. I believe that Jesus is the way.

Every 36 seconds in America a woman lays her body down forced to choose abortion out of a lack of practical resources and emotional support. Abortion is a reflection that society has failed women.

I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.

A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy.

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.

On a personal level, as a Christian, it will not be Barbra Streisand I'm standing in front of when I have to make an accounting of my life.

Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.

In reality, most women 'choose' abortion because they believe they have no other choice.

As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates.

It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.

I looked to the ceiling and told God, “God, next time I want an adventure, strike me with lightning. You have my permission.

A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

Be true to yourself. Be true to those you lead.

To avoid lying, do nothing that needs covering.

My apartment looks like no one lives in it.

When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.

Try and identify where the money can go to create conditions for true systemic change.

It's really hard as a Canadian actor to make a footprint in the States, because of the visa stuff.

Power from on high . . . It is God inserting into you divine activity with mightiness.