Blythe Danner

I've kept my sanity in this business by trying out for a role and then going home and trying to forget about it. ”

My husband was very special and very funny and outspoken, and he would have a black and blue every so often because under the table, I'd say, 'Don't say that!' ”

Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters. ”

Mostly, I spend my time being a mother to my two children, working in my organic garden, raising masses of sweet peas, being passionately involved in conservation, recycling and solar energy. ”

I got to Broadway a year after I came to New York. I starred in 'Butterflies Are Free' and got a Tony for it. Right out of the gate. Maybe that's why I wasn't very gracious about it. I wasn't driven. And right after 'Butterflies Are Free', I got married and then started a family. I always wanted that. ”

I don't give my advice unless it's asked for. ”

My family was very musical. My brother is an opera singer; my parents both sang. ”

I feel that its our children who do give us hope because they are the ones who are going to save the world. ”

You cannot be the perfect wife, the perfect mother, and the perfect actor all at the same time. ”

My feeling is that if there are that many billions of stars, maybe someone is saying exactly what I'm saying at this moment. I don't know. It's not something I'm obsessed by or think about all the time, but I certainly open to thinking it could be. ”