French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.

My life is pretty hectic, but I'm really into it.

Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable.

I'm not immune to the charms of the female form. And when I was 17 and I spent every spare minute surfing, most of the girls we hung out with would be topless.

I didn't grow up with money, but I grew up with a lot of space. All I did was surf. I was committed to the ocean. That's one thing about Australians; we have the capacity to embrace life.

I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.

I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.

Sometimes the intensity and the grind of doing television can wear you down, but at the same time there's something about the repetition, the sheer mass of work that you do that's also liberating.

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.

I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.

If you can't be proud of what you do, go and sell shoes. Do something else.

How do you have to live, I wondered, to be in harmony with what you honestly think?

Because I'm your mother, that's why.

The United States is proud to be the first country to recognize the existence of a Jewish State - just 11 minutes after Israel's independence was declared.

I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.

That was cool.' You're psychotic.

If the choice is between buying another building or a Pollock, I'd go for the Pollock every time.

I love great coats, and I pay a lot of attention to them and own a lot of them.

Life in freedom is not easy, and democracy is not perfect.

I don't really like approach music to become famous. I've actually consciously made the decision that I'm just going to do music because I love it.

I'm not one of these people that needs to feel loved. I don't need to see my picture everywhere.