Quotes

I love my fans in Philadelphia, but this is the hardest place in the world to play in. And I think it's the hardest place to play in to be a superstar. Just to be the No. 1 guy. All eyes on you - because everybody wants you to be perfect, but not themselves.

I got a lot of love for NBC, Tom Brokaw. He did a lot for me, and I appreciate him, and I owe a lot to him for that.

That's where I'll get the love in my heart: from, the fact that little young guys can look at the obstacles that I had to go through to become a Hall of Famer and know it's not so bad when it comes to them trying to accomplish the same goal.

The republic I fell in love with, the republic I risked my life to defend, the values I hold dear, the integrity that we all share - these do not know prejudice and they do not accept partiality.

Where is love exchanged? Where is the love felt when a state administrator stuffs a welfare check into an outgoing mail?

Music has always been a great solace for me. It's still something that gives me far more joy than movies, I must say. I love movies, too. But somehow, music can transport you. There are so many different kinds of experiences you can have with music.

Do we have to be rail thin to possess 'outer beauty' and sex appeal and to be capable of attracting lovers?

Nothing feels worse than knowing that people didn't see your movie. That they wanted to and the critics loved it but nobody knew where it was because it didn't do what it was supposed to do opening weekend. It used to be that independents were allowed to stay in the theaters, build word of mouth.

I love showing off my tattoos.

I'd love to do a James Bond-y kind of villain!

I love arts and crafts.

I grew up with brothers. I love men. Of course it's hard to be a woman in a man's world.

I've always been a figure skater and ballet dancer. I love physical comedy, and any chance that I get to do that... that is so me.

I love the wilder, more outlandish characters that are hard to make believable. Those are the ones I want to play.

I know what it feels like to love and care about things, but I've never had that instinct to have kids.

I was a hard fit at a young age. I didn't make sense as an ingenue or a leading love-interest lady.

Going through puberty, that Cape Canaveral of the hormones, young girls are in love with the idea of being in love, trying it out for sighs.

My mother was a stay-at-home mom until I was about 11, when she got a job - and it was like a light came on inside her. It's not wrong to be passionate about your career. When you love what you do, you bring that stimulation back to your family.

We carry our younger selves with us our whole lives, and we can measure out of lives by music we've loved or icons we've loved.

I don't think I've ever been called up for an action film with a male lead - which is a shame. I'd love to take on Bond.

Coming out of Dallas and doing commercial work in Dallas - if you had improv background in Dallas, then you were instantly shot to the top of the list of commercial bookings because they loved improvisers because you could elevate the material.

I originally wanted to stay in Chicago as long as I could. I love Chicago. I don't love L.A. I don't want to leave Chicago.

'The Secret Garden' was the first musical that I fell in love with when I was a kid. My mom took me to see it, and it was the first one that I owned the soundtrack to and listened to over and over again.

I don't want to be any more interesting than I am. I love the life that I get to live, which is one of real independence and privacy and autonomy.

Everyone wants to feel like they were the one and only person that the other person could ever fall in love with.