There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.

There's all kinds of mothers, so to use the label 'mother' and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she's a mother, is a mistake.

Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.

Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes, the length of your hair or the quality of your clothes. It's so beyond all of those things and it's what gives life to everything about you. Your own self is such a treasure.

What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.

What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.

If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There's a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored.