I don't suppose that hard work, discipline, and a perfectionist attitude toward my work did me any harm. They are a big part of my makeup today, as any of my co-workers will tell you. And when life seemed unbearable, I learned to live in my imagination, and to step inside other people's skins- indispensable abilities for an actress.

It wasn't love at first sight. It took a full five minutes.

Whether we're prepared or not, life has a habit of thrusting situations upon us.

You see much more of your children once they leave home.

remember to recognize the small successes that you will have. Don't let the brightness of that big goal blind you to what happens on the way toward the goal. Meet one wave at a time and enjoy what progress you make. I want you please not to be taken up in the undertow of pessimism.

I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.