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" There's enough hard stuff going on in people's lives, and you really need that joy that laughter can bring. I don't have to put that in a Christian compartment. "

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" Christians - whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever - have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of kindness and love and forgiveness to all those around you, because you have received kindness and love and forgiveness from God through Christ. That's what Christianity is. "

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" I was not an easy kid. "

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" And I think I have a perspective about Hollywood that you don't see very often in the press. "

" I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable. "

" From the beginning of church history, music, writing, literature, and the greatest works of art all came from the church. To change the culture and make it a force for good, you have to be in it and be a part of it. "

" You see people all the time who are on hit shows and then you never hear from them again. "

" I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage. "

" Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room. "

" I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight. "

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" Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun. "

" I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping. "

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" Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men. "

" Frankly, most of my friends hold very different political beliefs. It's just a funny thing in this country that supposedly you can't sit down and have dinner and enjoy another person's company if you don't have the same beliefs. It's ridiculous. "

" And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to conversations my husband and I have. "

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" It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer. "

" Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing. "

" Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him. "

" Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people. "

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" My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go. "

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" My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that. "

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" I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships. "

" Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them being idiots at home. "

" This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary. "

" When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that. "

" I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security. "

" We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets fired because she's not good. They hire a babysitter to help out and she finds out she hates the fact that the kids have more fun with the sitter than her. "

" God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too. "

" A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy. "

" As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates. "

" I'm not good at accepting help. "