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" Having my priorities in order has really helped me look better, fresher, and more relaxed. "

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" It was difficult when I was very young because I was so separated from my family. When I was at school or acting in a play, I felt very much part of something, and then it would always change, and I would be by myself. "

" I didn't want to get married, and I didn't want kids - I knew I wanted to act. "

" Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older. "

" I don't think I'm vain... but I do like to be lit well. "

" I'm a trisexual. I'll try anything once. "

" When you're filming, you work 19-hour days and you know more about what's going on with your crew and co-workers than you do with your husband. You're away, you miss things. It's taxing. Relationships fail because of it. "

" I don't want to be in boardrooms talking about hiring hairdressers and minivans. I'm not good at it, and I don't like to hire and fire people. I hate that. It's horrible. "

" I've always thought that less was a lot more. "

" I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more of a director's medium. You can't edit something out on stage. It's there. "

" My family was going back to England to visit my mother's grandmother, who was very ill. We went up to Liverpool and I met my great-aunt, who was just a force of nature. She was an elocution teacher and a huge enthusiast for theater and the classics. I took her amateur acting class, and she was really impressed with me. "

" I like my life. It's good. "

" I'm so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don't think about retirement. "

" When I feel lost and can't make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out. "

" Once you have a child, that becomes your life, and while that's the way it should be, I sort of have a love affair with my work. Having said that, many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life. "

" I've seen some women who are not particularly attractive but they have an assurance, and there's something so attractive about someone who doesn't have to work so hard. "

" I found a lot of guys my age and older were absolutely terrified of me. Younger men weren't. "

" There is no need to feel defeated at 40, 50 or 60. I'm having the greatest time in the second half of my life. "

" Art is an expression of who you are. Parts that I play are my sculptures. "

" As I get older, I find that cardio is less important to me. What I want to do more of is intense stretching. "

" I feel I disappoint people when I am not 'Samantha.' They seem surprised when I don't have the same voice and the same mannerisms. They were booking 'Samantha,' and I would show up. "

" There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell. "

" A successful television series can chain you to a schedule of long hours and can put your personal life on hold. But after it is all over, if you survive, then anything is possible. "

" The older I get, the less jarring I want my exercise to be, and I find that a long walk is equally as helpful and satisfying as a three-mile jog. "

" I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head. "

" I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale. "

" I haven't played a lot of wallflowers but I have played women who have been vulnerable. "

" I've learned that I can't have a packed work schedule and a packed social schedule and a packed personal life; I need to just have time to myself to sit and breathe and unwind. "

" If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that. "

" Looking good has never been the most important thing to me. Maybe it's because I'm more conventionally, um, acceptable, so it's not an issue for me. I don't know. "

" It's easy to diet or get off a diet when you've got a juicy role to play. "