I suppose if I had my time again I would refuse it and stay at Fulham because I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, and secondly I would have taken it on my own terms.
None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age, etc. - often influence my subject matter.
Family is always first - always, always, always first. As a matter of fact, there was a time when I was thinking of running for Governor in California, and I sat with my family. We all discussed it. It was with the three kids. We sat there, and I pol...
I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life
In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.
I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.
I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss.
I have a coach but there's nobody at my level in Gaza. I have to do most of my training sessions on my own.
I can't listen to my own voice. I change my voicemail on my machine literally every week because I'm so obsessed with getting the right tone of voice.
I write about my life and my own experience, but I also write about things that I have no knowledge of whatsoever.
My mother - who's from Iowa - owns and runs her own day-care centre, while my father's a developer. And my musical influences, I think, came from my father's side of the family.
My own sense of family, where I came from and what I made for myself is an important part of my life.
Being a famous singer or an international singer - that's my dream, too, but my main goal is to be a real student and be able to graduate and be a lawyer and have my own business.
I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas, and make it my own.
Because I was starting out in my 20's. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want to use my dad or have people say I was using him.
When I started, I was doing all the good comedians I'd ever seen. Then I developed my own voice. My routines are my natural way of looking at the world.
The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.
My Life in CIA is the first time that I've ever written a story in my own name.
I didn't really even think of recording under my own name for a long time. I thought, 'I've got the rest of my life to do that.'
I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress.
