Roma Downey Quotes

When asked about how she felt about turning 40.. She said, "For me, it`s a milestone age. I`m at a great place in my life. I have exceeded my own expectations in terms of what I wanted to accomplish by this time---I am a mother, a successful working actress, a producer, and an author."

If you have donated, these children may never know your name, but they will never forget your kindness.

We`re nondenominational. I come from Northern Ireland, and we`ve had religious wars for years. I didn`t want to create an illusion that my God is better than your God. So our show is a spiritual show, not a religious show.

We work hard on the show. We really believe in the show. It`s an enormous privilege to work on a show that has the power to touch people`s lives in such a positive way. The fan mail and the e-mail certainly reflect that.

I have a home in Salt Lake, and I have a home in Malibu, at the beach.

Having played an angel for so long, you can imagine that I`ve been asked to endorse any number of causes over the years. Obviously I have to limit my participation with any charity, so I decided to really concentrate on my love of children.

We were the laughingstock of that first season... It was with great relish several years later that I received a TV Guide award for favorite actress on television.

A smile costs about $240.

I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam.

I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college.

Season number seven! It`s been so exciting for us. When we first began, we were like the little train that could... and we did! We`re terribly excited! It will be an interesting season for us, I think.

I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or his girlfriend - leading roles for women were few and far between.

People really feel the need to share how the series has touched their lives, and that`s been very moving. We`re enormously grateful to the fans of the show. They`ve been extremely loyal to us season after season, and they make it all worthwhile.

I think people are hungry for things of a spiritual nature. The show hit its stride on a Sunday evening, and that`s no accident.

I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, I`m the only Irish person who can`t carry a tune.

Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation.

I`m the youngest of six children; both of my sisters are housewives and they each have four kids.

This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It`s an upper. We have enough downers in the world.

I also know how to ask people for money and I have no shame about doing that.

I`d love to do some bedtime stories for kids or that kind of thing. But with the demands of the shooting schedule and balancing the demands of being a single mother, it`s a wonder you can squeeze in anything.

There`s an assumption in many of these cultures that these children are mentally retarded, when in fact they`re not at all. I saw how the operation affects the child, as well as the child`s family and often the village.

After my daughter was born, I remember dressing her up, putting a little pink bonnet on her and proudly pushing her up Main Street in a stroller.

It is tradition in Ireland that you`re given money for your first communion.

What is free time? I`m a single mother. My free moments are filled with loving my little girl.