I had TB as a child. So I was put to doing things like drawing and reading. And I was raised in a family where manners were important. Maybe that's why I seem so refined.

I was very lucky with 'Soap' and 'Who's the Boss,' which was great fun, and then went on 'Coach' and 'Everybody Loves Raymond.' I've been truly blessed, and the work has all been fun and a joy.

I was never ambitious to be a good actor. I just love doing it and I seem to be quite suited for it.

I grew up hearing about the walking undead. I had a fascination with it as a child.

I went to Catholic school. Do as you're told; don't ask questions and you will be illuminated.

Many times, when a director reads a script and wants somebody who says 'Far out', then they let me do what I want with it and that's usually more interesting for an actor.

A director recommended me for the role on 'Soap.' They said, 'She plays heavy roles, murderesses and the like.' He said, 'On stage, she could be very very funny.

Over time, repetition brings perfection, which brings success.

Everything bleeds into everything and fiction is just this funny desperate little attempt to staunch the bleeding.

When stupidity knocks at the door, it is stupidity that opens it.

Nobody read books, but women, parsons and idle people.

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.

You, yourself, are the eternal energy which appears as this Universe. You didn't come into this world; you came out of it. Like a wave from the ocean.

James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?" Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.

Building a World Class Company is a commitment to the integration of passion, purpose, and practice.

When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.

Universal brotherhood is not even a beautiful dream. Antagonism is essential to man's greatest efforts.