Ali MacGraw Quotes

Cruelty to animals can become violence to humans.

Looking at beautiful things is what makes me the happiest.

I have always felt that the way we treat animals is a pretty good indicator of the compassion we are capable of for the human race.

I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.

You know, the fashion business is this legendary repository of young girls on their way to getting husbands. I really wanted to work.

I think something will soon have to be done to protect people from hacking and blogging and lying and spreading rumors and chasing you down the street. Lives are wrecked that way.

The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.

I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist.

I had a romantic, 'Aren't I a good girl?' take on divorce, but the truth is that was stupid.

I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece.

I've always loved animals and I always thought that they were, if not better, then the absolute equal of any two legged creature that God ever created.

I fully expect to be doing yoga for the rest of my life.

Here's what I had: I had the arrogance of saying I'd like to be in a 'good' movie, so in fact, when I was hot, I turned down a lot of stuff because I didn't think I wanted to watch it.

I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. And I travel a tremendous amount. I'm in New York and California a lot, but then also I like faraway places a lot.

I want to be a person who makes a quiet difference.

It's been my experience that the longer I do yoga, the more I want to know, the more I am able to understand and the less judgmental I am.

People tell me that I am well-grounded. I am sane in the New England sense of the word.

Modeling was so fleeting it doesn't count in my life scheme.

There are so many kinds of love, and they're all very intense for me.

Am I going to be able to be the person I want to be in this relationship?

I think we live in a time where people are just insane on the subject of how they look.

When one stops working at the height of one's career, it's just stupid not to say, 'I want to make sure I have a house.'

It's not so much what do I want to be doing in 15 years, it's how I want to be in 15 years.

I think it's tough when you're very young and you maybe fall for the celebrity and being the center of attention.

My ex-husband happens to be one of the most gifted moviemakers. And what is so bizarre about working with someone like that? I guess it is bizarre to be good friends with your ex-husband.

I don't enjoy other people's dramas, and I don't enjoy mine.

I had no real experience studying acting; I came to it having done other things for a living for many, many years, and I have this gigantic respect for experience and technique.

There's so much craziness that comes along with being a movie star that you can get so confused. Unless you've spent your whole life waiting to be the centre of attention, it's pretty terrifying.

I have this amazing life.