I had a ton of animals; I had a goat growing up, a bunch of rabbits, a vegetable garden.

I'm convinced that I've been hired for jobs because I can cry on cue.

The Practice' I was on for seven years and it was a law show, so I really - a lot of objections and things like that, lots of long, long monologues that David Kelly used to write me, which were great. I was really lucky to have my first show go that long.

I love that time when all you want to do is cocoon with your baby in your own little world, when you carry them around all the time in a little pouch or sling.

When a doctor is performing an operation, his mind cannot be somewhere else. And it's the same with actors. You have to commit yourself mind, body and soul to a project in order to do justice to it.

My biggest fear in life is losing the people I love, and the thing with cancer is that it seems that you can't really control it.

To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health care funds, decreasing opportunity, simply so we can pay for tax cuts and a war in Iraq is beyond belief, and we need to reverse it.

People are realising that vulnerability isn’t a weakness, and the rise of mental health-related humour is making vulnerability feel like a strength."