Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

Its so funny whenever things come full circle.

Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.

When [we]were first married, [Wade] begged me to be practical...thank God I lived by my credo: 'Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.

It's great that I don't have to apologize about being over 26.

I keep both of my Tonys on my mantle. Theyre in front of a mirror so if you look at just the right angle, it looks like I have four!

The first thing I ask when Im offered a part is, Whos the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles.

To me, getting notes, honing the part, and refining the role is the real fun of the play.

I try to tell myself I’m not schizophrenic. But when I’m not acting, I’m not alive. Everyday is just not heightened enough for me. I’m more focused, more interesting when I’m working.

I love to be directed, and I can glean something from almost anyone.

I think these are terrible times to be anything in.

If you want to live your life to the fullest you must start believing in yourself today.

You dare travel on sacred road, although you may not know the end.

An author's job is to make you aware of your feelings while you continue to feel them.

Three things at least they [good politicians] must require

The local painters were my idols...These artists, too, were grown-ups, but they were grown-ups who could still see! Their eye was still in love! Like mine!

You know, if ever there was a people who should know how to practice brotherhood, it is the American Negro and it is the people of Egypt.

The general principle is that the victors don't look at themselves or concede anything. The defeated typically have to, except when it's beneficial to the powerful for them not to.

The emergence of consciousness, like the unfolding of a leaf, relies upon restraint.

My people's greatest need is my personal holiness

Sometimes I think, 'To hell with acting' and then I realize I could be working at a shoe shop. Acting is much cooler.