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I picked a reverence for medicine because I rather hero-worshiped my father (a former doctor), and because I admire doctors, I admire study, empiricism and rational thought. I don`t admire crystals and chewing willow bark and herbal remedies.

- Hugh Laurie

Parts. Little people are very funny. They already know that life is weird. So that part was fun. My co-star, I ended up marrying - that was fun. We went to New Zealand and we went to Wales. All the traveling was fun but wearing the pink dress wasn`t fun. - On if filming Willow (1988) was fun.

- Val Kilmer

It was great for a change to share a week`s work, rather than being on different projects. With the hours Alexis and I spend on set, you can tend to pass like ships in the night. Weekends, however, are great because we can share precious time together. But when we`re at home, I promise you, we certainly don`t talk about vampires or suck each other`s blood for tea (On playing the season 4, episode 15, role of "Willow" as a crossover on "Angel" (1999) June 4, 2003).

- Alyson Hannigan

(On her role as the witch "Willow", crossing over from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) to act in the episode "Orpheus" on the series "Angel" (1999), where her fiancé, Alexis Denisof, is a regular:) "I finally get to spend a day with my honey, so that`s really nervous coming in. I had butterflies in my stomach. I don`t know why I was so nervous -- maybe because I don`t know how to pronounce half the lines I have to say today. They`re in some made-up language".

- Alyson Hannigan

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

- Bruce Lee

(on meeting Alyson Hannigan, whose "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) character Willow crossed over to take part on "Angel" (1999) for the season 4 episode "Orpheus":) "This is our first time actually meeting each other. She`s pretty cool, so I`m hoping that Joss will maybe make me a witch or something, too." (March 17, 2003)

- Amy Acker

It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree.

- James Weldon Johnson

I think Giles likes Buffy, but she annoys him. The mere fact that she doesn`t want the job that he`s offering her -- she frustrates him. She represents everything he doesn`t understand. Ultimately he becomes extremely fond of her. People have said, What is it? A father/daughter relationship? And it`s not quite. There`s nothing like it on TV. It`s difficult to pigeonhole. He becomes extremely fond of her and gets into all sorts of terrible trouble because of it. ... Xander is complete anathema to him. A great annoyance because he never seems to take anything seriously. Cordelia is ... Who knows where she`s coming from? Willow he respects greatly, but it`s all a confusion to him. He`s never really sure of anybody or anything. The only thing he is sure about is what he`s supposed to do.

- Anthony Head

I make no doubt but there are three species of the willow-wrens: two I know perfectly; but have not been able yet to procure the third.

- Alex Saitta