We either accept weaknesses in good people or we have to tear pages out of the Bible.

I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America.

I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

When you shift the gear and that little needle on the tach goes into the red and reads 9,000 rpm, that's bad.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

The cultural contrast I saw between religions... Catholics have a lot of mediators, going through saints and Mary or whatever. Protestants in general say things to God directly.