It's nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists. I'm trying to steal from the real people.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

There's a lot of skeletons in my closet!

I generally play strong people and scary people.

People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.

I lived in Texas for 10 years. There were a lot of people chewing, including my dad.

The writer should always serve as his own angleworm —and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.

I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture.

Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later.

You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help

I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.

Most High God, let your servant see but a little ahead. Or, if not give me the hope that drives out fear

We must learn to let the Word of God feed us and strengthen us in our faith in God its author, Christ its message, and the Holy Spirit its teacher.

The more importance we place on avoiding unpleasant feelings in life, the more our life tends to go downhill.

Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness But it's better than drinkin' alone.

Why must all of the operations in life be performed without an anesthetic?

So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war involves the acquisition of immense new provinces.

In life, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything.

If I were white, I'd get less criticism.

I find it's bizarre that science fiction is the one branch of television to push the idea of strong female characters. And I only call it bizarre because strong women aren't fiction.

I am off all the cancer meds. Energy is a bit low but other than that, I feel really good.