Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

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.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

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.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

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.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

Ruby in Paradise and the intensity and quality that I was able to experience on Smoke were equally as important to me as working on this movie every day for three-and-a-half months.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

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

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

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.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

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.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan - I am just the most notorious one.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

No, I don't tolerate pressure from anyone about anything.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

Some Kentucky fans are a little more subdued.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

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

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

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.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

I was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I had a gift and a purpose.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

I can't think of anything I want and need that I don't already have but at the same time, I'm not sated.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

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

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

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.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

When I accept a role, I feel that as an artist I have to submit completely to the tutelage of my director. And while I expect to be heard and encouraged and honored, at the end of the day, man, it's the way the director wants it.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

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

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

People say that to me and I think what unites all my characters is that they are hurt; it's most accurate to say I play characters that are hurt but are responding to their environment.

Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd

More often than what you're suggesting, I find people are surprised that I have an urban side to me.