American Quotes

And all of Laura's stuff, what they wrote originally wasn't as good and Constance wound up doing that herself. That was all her stuff, reading to the child, because she had children herself and that's what she would have done.

A show like Knots or any other show that can be called a soap opera does terribly in syndication because if you're a viewer and you miss a week you don't know what's going on.

I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that.

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught.

We used to get on planes, and they'd ask who we were, and we'd say, 'The Dave Brubeck Quartet', and they'd say, 'Who?' In later years they'd say, 'Oh', which amounts to the same thing.

I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

I was overlooked long before anyone knew who I was.

No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang.

It's nice that there are movies and songs about romance - it's what motivates us as human beings. I'm all for being brainwashed by rom-coms.

It's a lot harder to do an ensemble because your energy is going in so many different places, and you have to cover everybody. You have to sort of split your attention.

If I'm trying to please every craze fan, then I can't. Of course, we all want to please the fans.

I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.

I'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think.

I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.

I think I'm a fun flatmate. I'm always cheerful. I go on tour with my band so it's 12 people on one bus and I feel like I'm the one who's happy in the morning. I'm not a chaotic person, but I might slack off on doing the dishes from time to time.

I started out doing musicals.

I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.

I like singing as much as I like acting, and all through high school I thought I might be a Broadway singer.

I just sort of follow my bliss, so to speak, and then I see where that takes me.

I gravitate towards happy music. I love the Beach Boys.

I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying.

I can't even remember the first time I started singing.

I always choose roles that are, you know, hopefully different from the last role. I don't wanna do the same thing over and over again because that's, well, first of all that's no fun.

Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me - if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring.

Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.

It's an addiction. I love clothes. I like to go down Melrose and look in all the windows and I go to different flea markets. I have lots of costumes. You never know when you're going to have to dress up like a milkmaid from the 1600s.

I wasn't really the most charming person, socially - it took me a long time to develop my people skills - but the one place I was always comfortable was onstage, acting or singing.

I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak.

I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts.