On her childhood preparing her for an acting career: "I was taught the value of imagination at an early age. I didn`t have a television. I read a lot of books and developed a good sense of storytelling. I was happy as well, and I think that helped. The more secure you feel, the more unbalanced you can let yourself become."
- Emily WatsonI really feel all my adult life has been spent in that little black box. If a wonderful part on TV came along I would do it. But I don`t want to do a recurring role. It would just be my luck that the thing would be successful. I`m old enough now and also secure enough financially that I really only want to do what I want to do.
- Bea ArthurA Nordic union between Scandinavia and Great Britain, with the adherence of Finland and Holland, and in which Germany and eventually the British Dominions and America might later on be absorbed, would take away the sting of any communist combination and secure European civilization and peace for the foreseeable future.
- Barrett Milam