I got pigeonholed a bit. When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted to be the kind of actress I became.

I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard.

All anything takes, really, is confidence.

Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer.

I got pigeonholed a bit. When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted to be the kind of actress I became.

When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.

I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.

I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism.

There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.

Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.

You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fantasy, the ideal.

Habits are patterns, and even the smallest ones tell a lot about who you are as a person.

I've always wanted to put a little solarium on the back of my house. You know. Glass.

My attention span is very limited, and I watch just one or two movies a year.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have

One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it.

I still have nightmares about taking tests.

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the thing you are, the things you never want to lose.

Funerals are a pagan rite. There's not any doubt about it.

You are victors, not victims!

Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it.

I think being mean to people in high school is healthy. It's sort of like you're in this situation with all these other kids and sometimes you need to get your aggression out. And if you'd had people be mean to you before, it really does build character.

I think the challenge is going out in front of a paying audience with absolutely nothing and trying to entertain them for two hours. Thankfully, I only think about that right before we go on, and then once we're out there, everything's fine.

I imagine a lot of people tune in simply to watch reporters get bitch-slapped by Mother Nature, and frankly, who can blame them?

The major thing is to view biology as an information science.

Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.

I want it to be one-sided. I don't want to take any bumps or bruises: I want to go out and dictate all aspects and go out the way I came in. I'm looking to dominate and dictate.

Begin noticing and being careful about keeping your imagination free of thoughts that you do not wish to materialize. Instead, initiate a practice of filling your creative thoughts to overflow with ideas and wishes that you fully intend to manifest. Honor your imaginings regardless of others seeing them as crazy or impossible.

Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time to really step in.

I think there are some players born to play ball.

Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

Outdoor cooking is not just about hot dogs and hamburgers. There are so many styles of food you can make.

Everybody feels better about himself, his community, and his country if employers are paying workers well. Economics, though, teaches that if every employer is pressured to raise wages, some labor will be priced out of the market.

I was never the girl in high school who had a boyfriend for years. My longest relationship has been 18 months. I've thought maybe I'm really superficial and unable to have a relationship. What I've found is that people are attracted by my independence, and then they try to squelch it.