You know not having my real dad around and having a step dad made me want to be a great dad. So now I have been one for 9 years. And now 3 daughters. So, that is what I am - a dad, first and foremost, before anything else. It's just something that comes natural now.
When people come to my shows, they're like, 'I can't believe you can actually freaking sing!'
Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside.
It's a pragmatist's business, comedy. Start off with good intentions and references to the Pompidou Centre and you end up with boiled sweets and a pantomime cow.
This industry kind of forces you to grow up very quickly.
Everything you write as an artist is about your legacy and your catalog and how you would look in a museum.
I have two pairs of stretchy maternity leggings and jeans, which I will never give up, because once you experience an elastic band for a waist, you will never go back.
It's very clean. With tape, you get noise.
You don't need money to look fabulous. There are so many awesome new designers, so many designers doing collections for mass retailers.
Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention.
A bonus: You don't have to diet to direct.
You don't often see fight scenes with people who have no idea how to fight.
Of course my family and friends are incredibly valuable to me. They keep me sane, they teach me things and I love spending time with them. I think that ranking what you value is a sort of western and linear way of looking at things.
I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that.
I have never gone out of fashion. And do you know why? Because I never sought it. When you don't seek it, it's always with you.
When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.
When you have something for breakfast, you're not going to be starving by lunch.
Never have a club in your bag that you're afraid to hit.
The key thing is to educate not just kids but adults about what goes into food. You do that in any way you can, bread machine or not.
Abusive relationships go on and on. You're in it for so long that it can almost be impossible to see it for what it is. That just becomes your life. We get used to and adapt.
When one goes to school, you don't have any idea of what you're going to learn. But as each day passes, you learn things. I believe sport is the same way. Some guys are born with a talent. But you have to nurture that talent and continue to learn.
People feel vulnerable when they travel. Nobody wants to be taken advantage of or talked into something they don't want. Staying at Motel 6 makes you feel smarter. In fact, I think it actually means you are smarter, but I have no hard data to support that.
My mother and father come from that post-Depression, middle-of-World-War -I kind of thinking that says, 'Find a practical job. You know what I mean, Mr. Big Shot? So, you can sing a song ...'
I have two beautiful children and my husband. The perfect day for me is just to be with them and have fun. We like simple things, you know.
If I can just accept it and tic when I want to and have my passion project - what I'm mentally, physically, emotionally invested in something - where you're fully focused, and your body parts and mind are all moving toward this one goal, you're focused, and you can shut it off, but only for a certain period of time. Then, you have to let loose.
I want you to answer this question: Why should you settle for anything less than an authentic conservative who will fight for your views and values without an apology? Think about that.
I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
I wasn't a bad kid. I was a good kid. But I had gotten in a lot of fights 'cause in the neighborhood I grew up in, that wasn't equated with bad behavior almost. I mean, we'd fought like it was another game. 'You wanna play stick ball today?' 'Nah, let's go fight.'
You know, those of us who leave our homes in the morning and expect to find them there when we go back - it's hard for us to understand what the experience of a refugee might be like.
These people living on the streets could have been friends you once knew. They are people who have somehow fallen through the gaps and found themselves, often through unimaginable circumstances, on the cusp of existence. In another reality, this could easily be me or you.
Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.
I love those preliminary conversations about who a character is. You try on wigs, shoes and clothes. It's preferable when it's not about looking pretty. It can get a little dull to just be cute. We talk about things like, maybe my character can't afford these Christian Louboutins.
You cannot expect so much freedom in a land of 1.3 billion people.
Anybody that you put on TV five hours a week is at some point is going to say something stupid.
I think it's really important for your mental health to think about the big questions, to discuss them and open your mind, in order to prepare you for both life and death.
