Overnight I became a cottage industry.

Overnight I became a cottage industry.

It would be ugly to watch people poking sticks at a caged rat. It is uglier still to watch rats poking sticks at a caged person.

Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away.

I had led a private life and wanted to die a private death.

I think that every sexual position is fundamentally comic.

I really love being a character actor.

You have those songs that are very special to you that you don't want to get ruined by production. Something like 'Start Again' shouldn't be touched. It's a classic-sounding song on a piano and violins and harmonies, and I think those songs are perfect as they are.

TV and film has defined my entire life.

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness and he will never come to utter ruin.

I try to be a good representative for country music. But as a country artist, it's important to move the needle and make a difference beyond your core audience. But you can't ever strategically try to accomplish that; then things get weird.

Love makes the world go round

If you look throughout human history the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness.

Govern thyself then you will be able to govern the world.

I'm told that I look like a nice girl. But, yes, I do a full contact sport, and when people ask what I do, they are a bit surprised when I say, 'A martial art, a full contact sport.'

What is interesting about me isn't that I am a mother, it is who I am. I love my family, but if I just talk to you about being a mother, it's boring. I am sorry, but it's reducing who I really am, and it's really boring.

A seersucker suit is one of the most iconic styles dating from the 1920s and is still a gentleman's best bet when it's hot and sticky.

I just sold a farm in Missouri, and I own a ski lodge in Colorado with some Honolulu partners.

There are people out there who are waiting to meet you. Waiting to love you. You have to stick around for them.

I grew up in baseball stadiums. It was my two brothers and baseball around me all the time. I knew nothing about film or acting or theater when I was young!

Live simply so that others may simply live.

I was a competitive swimmer as a teenager, only stopping when I got persistent ear infections. Every day was a 6 A.M. start to swim before lessons, then choir or dance classes after.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

When I went in, my editor said, 'I hope you don't think you're a writer.' And I said, 'I hope you don't think I'm a journalist.' And, uh, turned out we were both right.

I'm convinced my mother only had sex eight times.

My favorite part of Comic-Con? The groupies.

I have such a dancer's spirit that I tend to leap around the house. Once I leaped onto my bed and landed on the floor. But I danced more for myself than I did for other people.

Stand-up was like being on a Barbie townhouse stage.

At Pixar, 'Wall-E' was our ninth film, and they've all been successes - more than that, they've all really touched people. Everybody wonders, 'How do you do it?' Well, how do you not do it? You just work hard.