I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie.

Art is an expression of who you are. Parts that I play are my sculptures.

I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale.

I've always thought that less was a lot more.

That's what life is - you follow where your heart leads you - at least I do.

Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic.

Since doing the show I've been so busy that I've not really had time to mope.

The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love.

I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more of a director's medium. You can't edit something out on stage. It's there.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I'm certainly not a prude.

Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.

I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie.

Men cheat for the same reason that dogs lick their balls... because they can.

I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.

I'm a trisexual. I'll try anything once.

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that.

My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this.

I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head.

The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film.

A lot of my life has been lonely. Fantastic, but lonely.

A pilot is like the most extensive dress rehearsal you can ever imagine, because the writers are learning about the actors, the actors are learning about the characters.

A successful television series can chain you to a schedule of long hours and can put your personal life on hold. But after it is all over, if you survive, then anything is possible.

At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction.

Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around. However, I am a mother who continues to give birth to ideas and ways of experiencing life that challenge the norm.

Being a gossip reporter just isn't a respectable job. It'll chew you up and spit you out.

Have you seen some of the women - and the men - in Los Angeles? They pay surgeons to make them look completely different in the hope of finding their youth. But youth comes from within. If you have a young attitude, then that can show in your face, the way you walk and move.

Having my priorities in order has really helped me look better, fresher, and more relaxed.

I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children.

I always assumed that, like my mother before me, one day I would have children. When I was 5, my fantasy was to have a hundred dogs and a hundred kids.

I am no size zero or super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.

I am not interested in being a Barbie doll and turning myself into a sausage for the next 20 years. I want to follow actresses like Helen Mirren and Judi Dench who have lines on their faces and aren't afraid of playing their age.

I consider myself a feminist living in a post-feminist era.

I did a school play when I was 10 where I played a cold germ infecting a whole classroom of kids. The play was called 'Piffle It's Only a Sniffle.' I'd never had so much fun. It was a thrill.

I didn't want to get married, and I didn't want kids - I knew I wanted to act.

I don't express a lot of things that I feel; I kind of register things.

I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level.

I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level. I like movies I can relate to.

I don't think I'm vain... but I do like to be lit well.

I don't want to be in boardrooms talking about hiring hairdressers and minivans. I'm not good at it, and I don't like to hire and fire people. I hate that. It's horrible.

I enjoyed making people laugh. I discovered that I loved that power over them. On stage, I felt I could really express who I was for the first time.

I feel I disappoint people when I am not 'Samantha.' They seem surprised when I don't have the same voice and the same mannerisms. They were booking 'Samantha,' and I would show up.

I feel so much at home onstage and so comfortable in my body.

I feel sometimes and in some ways like Linda Romanoli and Monica Velour; I feel marginalized because I'm in my fifties. If you went online and you look at some of the blogs, which one can do on a lonely night, it's pretty startling what people will say about you just because you're in your fifties.

I follow life's changes, continue with my time-outs, and remain curious about what's next.

I got to L.A., and they said I had to lose weight, let my hair grow and buy some dresses. I was nailing auditions with my readings, but they wouldn't hire me because I wasn't putting on the glam. It just didn't occur to me.

I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s.

I have a big appetite, and staying on top of that is about knowing myself and saying, 'I can eat that today, but tomorrow I'm not going to.'

I have a very healthy dose of self-loathing. But I think we all have a past of being whatever our story was, of feeling not good enough. It can propel you to work harder and do more, but it can also be a tremendous trap, and you can't see beyond it.