I remember my mother had this deck of cards that her mother had given her and that she passed on to me. It was a gypsy tarot deck that I used to carry everywhere.
My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
As of right now, I'm still waiting to meet Halle Berry. And she is single.
My influences are, number one, hand to Jesus, Halle Berry. I think that she's so brilliant, and I love everything that she does, even 'Catwoman.'
I was studying my 'Bold and Beautiful' script the other day, lying in a hammock, when one of my Siberian tigers walked up and grabbed it out of my hand - she wanted to play. See - teeth marks!
Martha Stewart has two houses in East Hampton. She has an old fashioned Victorian house and a very new modern house.
When I told my mom I was auditioning for 'The Handmaid's Tale,' she lost it. She was so excited.
Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.
When I was quite young, she was working in a hardware store, so I grew up knowing about hardware.
Vita Sackville-West is one of my favorite female icons. She was a writer and a prolific gardener, but she also had a relationship with Virginia Woolf, and she was married to Sir Harold Nicolson. She was a woman who lived outside of norms.
Not to harp on too much about Ma, but it's a misconception that she is formidable. She calls herself a patsy.
Emma Watson definitely is my celebrity crush. I love 'Harry Potter.' Plus, she's gorgeous, which really helps.
Bindi's been filming with us since she first hatched.
One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand.
When advice is freely given, the receiver is free to use it as he or she sees fit.
The first episodes I actually read for 'Downton,' Sybil was really intimidated and hadn't come into her own. So it's only in Series Two that she's become so headstrong. In general, I find it exciting to play strong, female roles because they're shocking.
A quick example of that is a woman who said she'd been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he touched her on the forehead.
When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy that kills.
Sarah Palin lacked the preparation or temperament to be one heartbeat away from the presidency, but what she possessed in abundance was the ability to inflame political passions and energize the John McCain campaign with star quality.
I've gotten to meet Sara Bareilles a couple of times. I'm just a such a massive fan of hers, from her albums to 'Waitress' to everything that she does. To be a fan of somebody and then find out that they have a good heart and are kind is really heartwarming.