Girls go out together to see a chick flick or something. I loathe, I hate, chick flicks.

Women have got to stop being polite. If I ever had children, which I don't, the first thing I'd teach a girl of mine is the words 'f - off.'

Being powerful is so much more interesting than being beautiful.

You write your life story by the choices you make.

It has nothing to do with clothing or makeup. Just put your shoulders back and chin up, and face the world with pride.

Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be.

When you're 16, 30 seems ancient. When you're 30, 45 seems ancient. When you're 45, 60 seems ancient. When you're 60, nothing seems ancient.

I don't think it's good to try and change anyone. The trick and the mystery - of relationships and life in general - is to learn to live with the bits you don't like.

Parkinson's is a slow but inevitable process. It's hard living with it on a daily basis. The difficulty facing people with it is that they never quite know 'Can I or can't I do this today?'

I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses.

Where you grew up becomes a big part of who you are for the rest of your life. You can't run away from that. Well, sometimes the running away from it is what makes you who you are.

This girl owns me, whether she realizes it or not. I'm a slave to her will.

I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.

Your self-image controls your performance; see yourself as confident and in complete control

I'll just let time happen. I don't have to articulate what may be or what may not be. I don't even do that to myself.

Can capitalism survive? No. I do not think it can.

I think one reason people play golf is it allows them to obsess about something other than the daily crap. It takes your mind off that.

My daughter and I are so close. She just turned six. I can describe anything she's doing, the least little thing, and I get all excited about it. It's like medicine.

Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s

We aren't people who believe that just because we're performers our opinions on everything need to be known.

It just gripes me hollow, the way God always sneaks in to take the credit.