It [military action on Iraq] makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States. It is humiliating.

At certain times you really feel as though you have to do something.

I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't.

When you think about it there's never really been a realistic exposition of Hollywood, I mean - from the inside - showing Hollywood what it can do, what it has done, to people.

The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to that place. There's also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that I've never been able to shake.

There can be no better measure of our governance than the way we treat our children, and no greater failing on our part than to allow them to be subjected to violence, abuse or exploitation.