I am such a notorious hermit - almost pathological. And, I'm not a hoarder. But that's just a symptom of things that I do feel.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I've never had my heart broken.

There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.

I MUST go to what desperately frightens me - the chance of failure.

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.

Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.

My agent said, "You aren't good enough for movies." I said, "You're fired."

You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis.

Pleasure depends on circumstances, but Christian joy is completely independent of health, money, or surroundings.

...bands fall out. But at the end of the day, they're like family. You get back together because you have to, because you're stronger together than you are apart.

At the end of the day what makes a difference was our time with Him at the beginning of the day!

The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.

Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.

I would say, compared with the 19th century, compared with most previous history, this is as good or better a society than any which man has ever made. But that doesn't mean it is such a good one.

I believe in an America ... where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches, or any other ecclesiastical source.

Democracy never comes by the barrel of a gun, or by cluster bombs.

My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.

Meeting people in a genuine way and feeling like there is a vital and meaningful connection going on makes me come alive.