My mom was always pretty supportive. She saw me do plays and she'd always act out the parts I did.

Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us.

When you ask the best questions of yourself and others, you invite the best answers.

The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine.

I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.

When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale University with my master's and I didn't do it by missing school.

As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that.

Acting is my calling, not my career.

I guess I'm breaking out a little of what's comfortable and easy.

Theater's my first love. I love it. It excites me. It feeds me.

Drink a bunch of water and get facials regularly. I take care of my skin.

Don’t always trust what you see. In a bull market even a duck looks like a swan.

...to give a clear picture of the whole scene of Italian gastronomy.

There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

The secret of my success is longevity.

The prison life of the past looks in our own time like liberation itself.

If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.

Jesus made clear that the Kingdom of God is organic and not organizational. It grows like a seed and it works like leaven: secretly, invisibly, surprisingly, and irresistibly.

It's amazing the life that I?m living today, and I count my blessings every day for the gifts that God has given me.

...as absurd and dishonest as claiming that the trouble with computer games is that they stop people watching television.

Revenge is more wild, less calculated...deeply personal. Retribution is a punishment that is morally right and fully deserved. (Mitch Rapp)