Ashley Judd

“Both my husband and I give a lot of ourselves in what we do because that is our public lives; but in my private life, I have an intrinsic right to be left alone.”

“Regardless, we are a two career household, and it's Dario's season, and I'm really excited about going racing.”

“When I was working on Eye of the Beholder, I played a character who is so aloof that my whole lifestyle became very aloof. If someone knocked on my door, there was a part of me that went into a rage, because I wanted to be isolated and alone.”

“Well, the fact is that one imagination is critically important, and if you have had your imagination stimulated by what is basically a variety of subjects, you are much more amenable to accepting, to understanding and interacting with the realities of the world.”

“I did a lot of hiking and I loved it.”

“And of course there's so much music in and around our family. I had a piano during Christmas because it's obviously useful through the season. There are so many people, songwriters, who are around.”

“Yeah, I've had the privilege to know a lot of really talented people.”

“I think that we give the impression, to carry on your metaphor, that we go a little faster than we actually do. I'm fairly lazy so I'm always interested in slowing down.”

“A lot of people over the years have been doing yoga and I think even more these days are expressing an interest in it. So there are a lot of manifestations of spirituality here in town.”

“I think that, as with marriage, you just know when it's time to have kids.”

“I've been devoted to Alison Krauss for many, many years.”

“Everything I've done has been personally fun, important, and meaningful to me.”

“I think it's easy for me to connect to some people, and I don't know if that's the same thing as falling in love whereas before, I might have said it was.”

“It's funny, though, because when I first started going to races after we met, I was extremely nervous. It's like being backstage and hoping you don't trip over something or break an amp or accidentally speak into a live microphone, so I was really hesitant.”

“It's up to us to take pop culture back and to express quality and dignity for both boys and girls.”

“I have a lot of variety within me, and the dream role, I think, is actually a compilation of parts that express different aspects of my persona and personal interests.”

“I think that being perceptive and having interests is nothing but an asset.”

“I have a responsibility to nurture and shepherd my talent and when I'm living the parts of my life not related to that I feel I have the right to be left alone.”

“I get lonely when I'm a Playstation widow.”

“You don't stay married for 35 years by accident. I think that that's willful and intentional and something that both people really want.”