I'm not a big fan of mediocre.

I love it when ugliness is beautiful. I love character flaws.

I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your age climbs, the leads thin.

In the theater, it's about taking time in a musical segment, a pause in a musical way and then moving on.

I was always the child who wore her emotions on her sleeve.

If you are not in the red playroom of pain and pleasure, … shooting the movie is much like doing any other movie.

Its important that kids learn, but I really dont like all the testing, testing, testing.

It's hard to balance work and family.

In my kids school, the married family is an anomaly which I do think is sad. I do believe in marriage.

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany.

Our private tastes in books showed a hint of our secret selves.

Bring out... The Comfy Chair!!!!

Senorita was fun to sing, but I don't really have a favorite. When you write a bunch of songs, they're like your babies. You don't pick favorites.

Be happy, healthy, and let all that love flow through your heart.

Were it not for the shepherds, there would have been no reception. And were it not for a group of stargazers, there would have been no gifts.

He felt as though his heart were a bomb, a complicated bomb that would result in a simple explosion, wrecking the world without rocking it.

The time eras that I really like are more on '50s and '60s.

And now, I am dying beyond my means. (Said while sipping champagne on his deathbed.)

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

Every day is Judgement Day. Always has been. Always will be.