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

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

I'm not a big fan of mediocre.

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.

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.

Older people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get.

Truth, like milk, arrives in the dark But even so, wise dogs don't bark. Only mongrels make it hard For the milkman to come up the yard.

You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.

Ice is for death and endings.

Sophomore records are historically really difficult.

I like giving. Doing something for somebody else feels good.

When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm.

Rock and roll hoochie koo, lawdy mama, light my fuse.

I thought I was supposed to have a fake six-pack in this scene