“As far as police go, if officers are really that scared or timid [on the streets], maybe they shouldn’t be police officers. Their job is to protect and serve and they’re supposed to be the bravest of the brave.”

One thing that I don’t like about us as a people is that, when we don’t have the same view as somebody, a lot of times we bash that person.

I think caring more about flags than people is an issue. I’d like to see that change.

If I wasn’t playing football, I’d be a juvenile probation officer.

The guys that are out there now like Calvin Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald they’re making $16 million, $15 million a year, and I’m not looking for anything like that. A lot of that money goes to the quarterback position and rightfully so.

Then again, if the plant is slow growing, and you are getting older, you may want to start with a larger plant. I find myself buying larger plants each year.

I stay glued to my piano and my work. I don’t look up. I write, I produce, I do the next project, I do my job. I don’t look up, and I try to be kind. I try to be kind to people. That’s what I do.

Some actors, and especially the younger actors, they come into the job with a lot of attention on how they behave and everything when they’re not working.

politics … is the hottest, most dangerous subject in the land. It’s not only a conversation-wrecker, it’s a friendship-wrecker, a family-wrecker, a job-wrecker, a future-wrecker.

My jobs on campaigns were pretty low on the totem pole – I was an advance man.

I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.

If you were out of a job and your kid needed diapers and your husband just left you, you would be so confused.

it used to be almost the first question (just after ‘Can you type?’) in the standard female job interview: ‘Are you now, or have you ever, contemplated marriage, motherhood, or the violent overthrow of the U.S. government?

I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.