I have an extraordinary attention span. I manage to juggle two or three different ideas at the same time, and that's probably, if I have a gift, that's probably the best gift that's given me.

If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.

To be an actor you have to be a child.

The Alexander Technique helped a long-standing back problem and to get a good night's sleep after many years of tossing and turning.

I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.

The best gift you can give yourself is the gift of possibility.

If you have no enemies, you have no character. Taking a stand always creates opposition.

You only grow when you are alone.

If you don't have enemies, you don't have character.

A man can only be judged by his actions, and not by his good intentions or his beliefs.

Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.

The first step out of the gate has to be knowing where you want to end up. What do you really want from your company?

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

In rock stardom there's an absolute economic upside to self-destruction.

History is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive.

Even if you're doing the national insurance awards, there's still that excitement when you wonder who is going to win, er, best premiums.

Getting to perform at the Carlyle, following in the footsteps of women like Elaine Stritch, Barbara Cook, Christine Ebersole, Kelli OHara, and so many others, is nothing short of a dream come true.

Northern Ireland is the world’s best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery.

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more easy.

The good teacher discovers the natural gifts of his pupils and liberates them.