People in L.A. think Im so posh. They think I live in Downton Abbey.

People are so ready to cut you down if you take a risk and leave your comfort zone.

I like to think that I represent myself as a strong woman, so to work with other strong women I find very inspiring.

I'm a tomboy. I ride motorcycles, I play polo. I was on a paintball team when I was younger. Endlessly.

The Tudors was ground-breaking in the sense that it did ruffle the feathers of classical historians and alter the way people did period drama at the time.

I love playing females that are put into these pressure-cooker situations, but they're real. I didn't want to be this kind of Lara Croft superwoman.

They say the crazies come out at night. I say the crazies come out during election year: Elections have the power to turn once seemingly normal people into certified loonies.

In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this?

Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" is the only personal development book that does not mention it.

The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

I would sooner bring one sinner to Jesus Christ than unravel all the mysteries of the divine Word, for salvation is the one thing we are to live for.

I remember, as a young man, wanting to experience a car going at those speeds and being visually nourished by something which I loved so much. And I wanted to race fast cars and have a good time.

Russian vodka is OK if you need to clean the oven. For drinking, it must henceforth be Polish.

Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly

Each day, the American housewife turns toward television as toward a lover. She feels guilty about it, and well she might, for he's covered with warts and is only after her money.

I've always been a people-watcher, and as an actor, later, I just mined all those little details.