"What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people."

"I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience."

"I hope I left behind a legacy that people will enjoy. But whatever they want to say, I can't predict."

"I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character."

"I love making Italian food. And coconut chicken."

"I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing."

"The simplest truths often reveal that the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."