Not only do you have to put yourself in harms way in service of your country, you have to leave your families at home. It is a great sacrifice.
There's plenty of great independent films to do, but you can't support yourself making independent film as an actress.
Genre-spanning is the effort to make the live show interesting. It's also a great way to challenge yourself as a writer.
The great thing about being a writer is that you are always recreating yourself.
I'm a sucker for period pieces. There is always great opportunity for research and to delude yourself into feeling like you are in a different time and place.
I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you've got another reason for keeping fit.
Having the option to be able to have a career and feel good about yourself as an individual and still be a great mother is definitely a possibility.
For me there are two types of country: There's the shoot-yourself-in-the-head country, and then there's really good country music.
Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely.
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen.
Feminism is a good venue for getting yourself across as much as for getting your point across.
So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?
If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery.
It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.
The old adage is true, people will only be as good to you as you are to yourself. They will follow your example, and those who don't will be left by the wayside.
I do know that the key to anything good is feeling relaxed and free. That's the main thing that you can offer yourself as an actor.
When you're watching the news, how many days in a row can you watch that and feel good about yourself and the world?
A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously.
If you are a chef, no matter how good a chef you are, it's not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking for others - it's the same with music.
You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.
I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
