A lot of really good directors have a killer in them, as if they'd do anything to get that image. But that comes with the terrain and I don't mind it.

Anybody who has curly hair knows you don't want it to be brushed out because it becomes a never-ending tangle.

This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.

I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind.

Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.

Judy Garland was just so delicious in every way and just so honest and generous.

Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her.

I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.

This is government. There is no entertainment.

My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote.

Know that you can make a difference in the world by being true to yourself, and moving in the direction of your dreams!

You will know who the enemy is intimidated by because they're the ones he targets and keeps beating down.

Time is your most precious resource; make every minute count.

Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence and money makes a peer.

I ain't the type for begging, I am not the type to plead. If she don't change those evil ways, I'm gonna make her bleed.

You just don't go in there with Tiger Woods and say, ‘Oh, do this.' Sean Foley was quoted, a month after he worked with Tiger, as saying ‘You can't get this guy to listen to anything.'

You ought not to be rude to an eagle, when you are only the size of a hobbit, and are up in hid eyrie at night!

You can't fatten the pig on market day.

The US has been the leading terrorist state in the world for many years.

Anyone who tries to imprison love will cut off the spring that feeds it, and the trapped water will grow stagnant and rank.

I think love and friends are two things that you don't chase. True love and true friends come.