Young people don't want to sit at home and watch television; they'd sooner be out doing their own thing.

We have this wonderful language and we don't appreciate it. That's old-fashioned me, but when I went to school, everyone had elocution lessons, not to sound posh but so you could be understood.

Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.

I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.

I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time.

We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance.

Older people, who just happen to have been around longer, may not be cleverer than the young, but they have seen more.

Everyone wants instant everything, and they want instant success, but I always think you should treat things in the arts like a garden, and let them grow.

I don't feel 'vibes' when I enter a building - don't feel the previous owners looking down on me. But I do know when a place feels friendly.

So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work.

With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on.

We of alien looks or words must stick together.

The Hands create, what the Heart feels!

Close your eyes, and with Jesus, journey back through your day. As you do, confess sin as you see it...

Don't be about just any life. Be about the life you want to be about.

If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.

Don’t use the language of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ when talking about blood sugar numbers – these are data points, not judgments of your ability to manage your diabetes.

I'm lucky that people feel comfortable sharing things with me.

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.

United [Airlines] sucks, man. I've got like a million miles and they never bump me to first class because they think I'm just a kid and give the seat to some schmoozy guy in a business suit.

I loved Laurel and Hardy and TV shows like 'Robin Hood' and 'Rama of the Jungle'.