There just aren't that many Jesus roles around.

I was notified on July 17 to be ready to start August 7 for an October air date. When we reached the screen we did not have a single segment ready. It was done so fast the writers never got a chance to know what it was all about.

I love doing motion pictures and expect to be as busy as I want to be in them.

The idea of making pictures abroad is exciting when you're in Hollywood and have never worked in foreign countries. You think you'll get to see the sights and have all the fun that goes with traveling. Actually, you spend so much time on the job that you don't do much else.

With all the weird surroundings of outer space the basic underlying theme of the show is a philosophical approach to man's relationship to woman. There are both sexes in the crew, in fact, the first officer is a woman.

You try to get the feel of any role, but it's much more difficult in the case of Christ because everyone has their own personal image of Him. It's a role you take on, knowing that no matter how you play it, you are going to disappoint many.

I doubt if the public thought of me as Christ when they next saw me as Temple Houston on television.

When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood.

There just aren't that many Jesus roles around.

I was warned not to do it. Actors who play Jesus are supposed to have a hard time getting other roles to follow, but I felt this was a myth. After all, how can you be typecast as Christ?

We had to be parents by long distance, which is far from satisfactory.

There is nothing more boring for an intelligent woman than to spend endless amounts of time with small children.

You have to know how to score.

I only sleep with people I love which is why I have insomnia.

They used to complain at school that I looked out of the window for long periods of time - that sums up my life. I like to look out the window, do nothing, daydream.

I can't say I'm not grateful to have journalists writing about me as a genius. But I know it's not true. I'm not confused. I understand that success comes through a lot of failure and a lot of very embarrassing failure. People want to create the next Facebook, but they are too afraid to create the next Facemash.

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.

For 50 years, acting was the reason I got up in the morning.

It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.

An ignorant doctor is the aide de camp of death.

Mexican Shuffle was a turning point of the Brass.

An ugly diamond is still worth more than a beautiful pebble.

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.

I'd say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that's the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools.

When you think about Puritanism, you must begin by getting rid of the slang term 'Puritanism' as applied to Victorian religious hypocrisy. This does not apply to seventeenth-century Puritanism.

Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter.

The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.

The wardrobe is always the last piece of the puzzle. When you step into the clothing, that's the final step to figuring out that character.

TV is the place for writers to live. This is where you have creative control and you're constantly writing. 'Twilight' had almost a TV schedule to it. I was constantly working on these projects. There was not a whole lot of lull but I've gone onto other feature projects that's like, 'Okay, I'll get back to you on notes.'

A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.

It's definitely surreal to watch yourself in a movie.

I was picked up on a London street by a model agent. She took me to her office and then sent me to Paris to work in shows. It was supposed to be two weeks, but I ended up living there with my Zimbabwean boyfriend. I made enough money modeling and acting in French movies to buy a nice flat.

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.