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.
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.
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.
And then all of a sudden, it was time for me to shoot the singing stuff and I just lacked confidence, so those were not my favorite days.
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.
But I grew up with a vocal genius in my house. And then I married someone with a very elite, very different kind of gift.
Everything I've done has been personally fun, important, and meaningful to me.
I bake so much at home, so I try to eat junk every other day. It's kinda my thing.
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.
I did a lot of hiking and I loved it.
I enjoy other things too, but yoga is the fastest and most complete way to get fit, and there are so many beautiful instructors out there.
I get lonely when I'm a Playstation widow.
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 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 just think that you have to be very protective of your own world. The self can be very inundated and if you're porous, it can become problematic.
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.
I think that being perceptive and having interests is nothing but an asset.
I think that my peace of mind and my solitude are greatly enhanced by being at home.
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.
I think that, as with marriage, you just know when it's time to have kids.
I was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I had a gift and a purpose.
I've also learned from him that good acting is just seamless and you can't fake it.
I've always been crazy for the American songbook.
I've been devoted to Alison Krauss for many, many years.
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 so wrong to yearn so much, that you miss the joy of what you're living. That's definitely something I've learned and am willing to share.
It's up to us to take pop culture back and to express quality and dignity for both boys and girls.
More often than what you're suggesting, I find people are surprised that I have an urban side to me.
My house is the destination in our family. We still do some things in Mom and Pop's kitchen but overwhelmingly at my house.
No, I don't tolerate pressure from anyone about anything.
One thing I did with my dad, which was very dramatic, was play outdoor hide-and-seek. We would play with grown-ups, and they took it so seriously.
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.
Regardless, we are a two career household, and it's Dario's season, and I'm really excited about going racing.
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.
Some Kentucky fans are a little more subdued.
That melody is a dying art and that this music is an incredibly important part of our collective cultural consciousness.
The movie is wonderful and London is the greenest city on earth. It has the most parks and the rose gardens were in bloom while we were there.
Well, in the mornings when I wake up, I don't rash into things. I write, and that comes and goes. I'm in a heavy writing phase at the moment.
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.
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.
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.
Yeah, I've had the privilege to know a lot of really talented people.
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 was nominated for the 'Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special' award at the 1996 Emmy Awards for her role as Norma Jean in the mini-series Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996).
Ashley married race car driver Dario Franchitti on December 12, 2001.
Ashley is a spokesmodel for Est?e Lauder's cosmetics brand American Beauty.
In 1999, Ashley replaced Jodie Foster for the lead role in Double Jeopardy.
Ashley was named after Ashland, Kentucky where her mother was raised.
Ashley onced dated singer Michael Bolton.
Ashley once worked as a waitress at celebrity hotspot, "The Ivy" restaurant in Los Angeles.
In 1986, Ashley graduated from Franklin High School in Franklin, Tennessee.
Ashley's first screen kiss was with Wil Wheaton on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In 1997, Ashley decided to become a vegetarian.
Ashley was once considered the lead for the 2004 film Million Dollar Baby for which Hilary Swank won an Oscar.
Ashley is good friends with fellow actress, Salma Hayek.
Hobbies: running, rock climbing, mountain hiking, yoga, gardening, cooking.
On Thursday, December 15, 2005 Ashley Judd was Today's Girl on Maxim Online.
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