I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

This acting was very hard work.

Ah, but it's nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody's throat.

I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.

The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.

Impulses are hard to come by these days.

Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility.

It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.

Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.

I'm an outsider.

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.

Fermat said he had a proof.

I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

I am all for trying out various kinds of hair styles. I have even worn a wig earlier in a film where I essayed the part of a woman.

To do a romantic scene is the most unromantic thing to do on screen.

My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle with coming out, only to find much more success after they finally did.

Working in network news is not a solitary pursuit; it is the ultimate 'team sport,' in which success is derived from the collective performances of remarkable people united in purpose and dedication.

Stage is so important because it teaches me how to convey character with words - how to convey how a character reacts by the way they appear on stage. I can usually tell a playwright from someone who has never written for the stage. Did the character work? Did the dialogue reveal who the character is?

As I've matured as a songwriter, I realize that if it's out there, it's mine.

Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate.

I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.

I've had a lot of ridiculous haircuts.

I made it to protect the motherland.

Trying to overcome addiction is one of the hardest things for a person to do. And the fact that I had to do it under the scrutiny of tabloid press at first made it seem even more difficult. But in fact, it oddly ended up being a plus. Because of the tabloid stuff, it wasn't like I could walk into a bar and order a drink.

I still am a virulent anti-communist. It is a bad system, an immoral system, and one that takes away the rights of people and the rights of individuals. And everywhere it's gone, it's failed.

First of all, Craig Lucas' work, any of it, for any actor, is such good material. It's so alive in such a poetic, yet human way. It's theatrical, but it lets you emotionally connect with the characters.

I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.

But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of salvation right there.

Authenticity is about being true to who you are.

I don't like the idea of things being off-limits to kids - like a fancy sitting room where they can't touch anything. I own vintage pottery cups, and I let my girls hold them. It teaches them to treat objects with respect.

I worked for the recreation and parks department for a year.

There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really well here, but I think 'Torchwood' is a bit different. It's more of a hybrid that doesn't exist as a reinvention.

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

One week, you can have a real heavy romance 'Chuck' episode, and the next week it can be some kind of murdery mystery. It's not like doing a procedural.