The BBC has the obligation to think big. And at the moment, that clarion call sounds an uncertain note to me.
I think ageing suits me because I was born old, like Spencer Tracy or Dolly the Sheep.
Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it.
I travel a ridiculous amount, so I've thought a lot about, and spent a lot of time refining, what I carry and how I carry it.
Once I'm on stage, there's just no time for a sip of water - I've always got my hands in puppets! My voice is raw by the time I finish.
It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?
Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.
My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it.
I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.
Like, you can find your dream, if you firmly believe. You have to have the innocence, and you have to have the daringness to trust.
My father always said, 'Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf' - so I make sure I read.
You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash; that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically.
My biggest challenge is trust, and really believing that trust, in letting things just happen personally and professionally and trust with myself. But I'm getting better at it.
It's so much easier to like people, and to let people in, to trust them until they prove that you should do otherwise. The alternative is being an iceberg.
David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor's instincts, since after all, it's the actors playing the character.
The Operative: Every minute you keep River Tam from me, more people will die.
River Tam: Put a bullet to me. Bullet in the brain pan, squish. [giggles whilst crying]
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.
While I respect my cousin Annette Sykes' commitment in engaging in the political process, I do not endorse or support any political party.
It really does mean so much when your cast mates, who you respect so much, tell you that you made them laugh.
