I had one nanny who made me sit in front of a bowl of porridge for three or four days running when I refused to eat it. I remember being very unhappy about that.

I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor.

I'm not all that big on rides. I sort of like bumper cars but I don't really go to Disneyland all that much unless if have nieces and nephews or people to take.

I have two new nephews and a new niece this year, so I have plenty of kids that I can spend time with.

What I like to think, and perhaps it is an adolescent thought, is that anything can happen. As long as you think that anything can happen, it will. We're all allowed to have our dreams.

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking Program achieved for me a thing that I thought was not possible - to give up a thirty year smoking habit literally overnight. It was nothing short of a miracle.

What you have to remember is that the great feelings come after the terrible ones.

Being called a person, as such, indicates that one should only have one character and be true to it.

I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.

I do like the ocean wave, actually. I'm born under the sign of Cancer - the sign of the crab - so I like coastal areas and sunny beaches and such - although not the wide-open and deep seas.

I loved being blonde. It's true, they have more fun, even when they're cannibalising their children.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

Of course mothers and daughters with strong personalities might see the world from very different points of view.

Face the fear with face up, and fear will melt away.

Buddhist teachings are not a religion, they are a science of mind.

If I walk in a home and a kid disrespects a woman, his mother or grandmother, then I am out... I wont recruit them

Great nations don't have to remind others of their greatness. They merely have to be great.

THE PEOPLE WOULD BE JUST AS NOISY IF THEY WERE GOING TO SEE ME HANGED.

How do you say 'bring me sausage and eggs or I'll slit your throat' in Italian?" "Look it up in the phrase book.

A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking.

I feel that religion can be used as a tool to guide your life and help you connect with other people.