Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society.

It begins and ends with money. It's absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It's obscene

I think my mission is to become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do we have?

You’re not too smart, are you? I like that in a man

I do not admire young actresses whose foreheads cannot move.

What makes me angry? The education of children. How in God's name can you expect to have a functioning society the way we teach our kids?

Crimes of Passion, which is one of the best films I've done, will live strongly in my resume, even though it didn't do well

My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.

I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.

I rent houses in LA when I'm filming. I find the isolation there terrifying. There's nowhere to go, there's nowhere to be with people. I'm not a beach bunny

I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs

When I see an arrogant man, I see one less competitor.

He wasn’t looking for a soulmate. That would require having a soul to share, and he’d sold his off long ago

There has never been but one question in all civilization-how to keep a few men from saying to many men: You work and earn bread and we will eat it.

The chicken came first - God would look silly sitting on an egg.

Learning not to crumple before these uncertainties fuels my resolve to print myself upon the texture of each day fully rather than forever.

Learning is the art of ignoring.

If you have humility you are halfway to God-realization.

Comediennes are the lucky ones, because if you're funny, you can be 125 years old and they will still accept you.

Science is the search for truth - it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others.

The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.