The key to successfully working with each other is that they respect each other and their abilities.

I've never gone for the smooth, suave Latin or French lover. That usually makes me think they're trying to pull one over on me.

People will always put you in a box that they think you fit in, and it's up to you to not fall into it.

I'm not very good at resting on my laurels. I am a bit of a workaholic, and I like to keep busy and active, so I think that's what drives me.

It's not hard to draw from within yourself to play someone protective of her daughter. I have animals and I'm a daughter, sister, wife, aunt and friend, and I can be fiercely protective.

I handle emotional pain by trying to understand that it's going to be painful and to allow for it instead of fighting it. Doesn't make it any easier, though.

Sometimes, if you don't have kids yourself, it's assumed you won't understand or know how to play a mom, which is kind of silly if you think about it.

I do like to treat myself, I just don't do it very often.

I think sometimes the hardest obstacle is yourself.

I am inspired when I see goodness in other people.

Chemistry is a hard thing. I don't think you can force it, and it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to have great chemistry outside of work. It's just something that sparks on screen or doesn't.

When a leader keeps personal ego in check it builds the confidence and self-esteem of others.

There is love in me the likes of which you've never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied int he one, I will indulge the other.

When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.

More important than the food pairing is the person with whom you drink the wine.

What is pink? A rose is pink By the fountain's brink.

If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.

For we did not and do not wish the Temple to be placed in any servitude except that which is fitting.

Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal.

If you're honest and fair as you can be, not only in business but in life, things will work out.

Turn your melodrama into a mellow drama.