Natalie Quotes

It was only cool to have blond hair and be a surfer chick [in Sydney]. I could learn how to surf, but I still looked Italian. It took me a long time to realize that was a good thing.

I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath.

I'm sure it's there traced along my career. I'm sure it is in most actresses' careers.

The Tudors”) “I walked away thinking, well, if I don't get the job, it doesn't matter - I've kissed Jonathan Rhys Meyers!

Isolation is a big part of songwriting.

You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.

TV holds a close second to cars for destroying our society. It's a failed experiment.

Anything we fully do is an alone journey.

We only have one rule and that is there are no rules, so stand up and sing as much as you want to.

You have to be careful when you're getting feedback because people will give you conflicting feedback all the time, but ultimately you end up following your own inner guide.

I thought it was a wonderful line - right on the cutting room floor.

I just want to play real human beings. You know, I don't care if they're male or female.

It's always interesting to step into the enemy's shoes, and figure out what they're like.

When you play a real person, you feel a sense of responsibility that obviously you don't feel when you're playing a fictional character.

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

if I had one ambition it was to make my life itself into a poem.

Sometimes people say something to you and you're like, "I respect you so much, I love what you do, but I disagree. I don't think that's right for the way I see it."

I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.

I started writing In Darkness out of a frustration of the quality of roles that I was reading in scripts for women.

My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.

I don't have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It's fun to have a group of people you can call in the middle of the day to go for a hike.

But I love you I'm totally and completely in love with you and I don't care if you think it's too late. I'm telling you anyway.

Life is sweet, life is also very short.

Isnt it lovely to know that even the great Sherlock Holmes, the quirky and genius Sherlock Holmes, is vulnerable to love as we all are?

The pressure of the Olympic Games is real overwhelming.

Pilates is an awesome cross-training exercise for any sport because it focuses on functional movement.

We are made of stardust; why not take a few moments to look up at the family album?

The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.

I wasn't born with a natural talent for songwriting.

The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.

Have I been wrong? Have I been wise to shut my eyes?

In real life I'm not the one who's playing with guns or smoking.

My first calendar was a combination of photos taken from different shoots including golf and casual.

That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write.

I have worked hard to improve my consistency in my driving, irons, short game, and putting.

I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot.

I love to be in front of big galleries

The good news is we have the technology and the tools to alleviate poverty on a global scale. All that is standing in our way is education and will.

Basically I have, like, five really close friends - girls and guys. I like being friends with both because you can do different things with both.

There's no right time to have kids and no perfect formula. The good news is there isn't a wrong way, either.

I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro.

I like acting for now. But after seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to do is to be an astronaut. I'm dying to go to a space camp next summer!

But I'll say this: I've never been more honored to sing about Jesus and for Jesus. And I've never been more sure of the path I've chosen.

I'm not a perfectionist but I'm definitely, or well, I like discipline. I'm obedient. I'm not a perfectionist.

I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mass murder is humorous.

All of us can create if we allow ourselves to.

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

Facts are the barren branches on which we hang the dear, obscuring foliage of our dreams.

Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness.