I don't pretend to be the character. I am the character.

In this life, it's not what you hope for, it's not what you deserve - it's what you take!

The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible.

When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim.

Psychiatry is a pseudoscience.... You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do...Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, you don't even -you're glib. You don't even know what Ritalin is.

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

No dream is ever just a dream.

Someday. That's a dangerous word. It's really just a code for 'never'.

Perception and reality are two different things.

I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read.

I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.

If you're stuck in a puddle, it means there's higher ground all around you, you just have to step onto it.

If beauty had religious and spiritual importance, there would have been your temples all around the world.

I glanced at my mate- the male who had always presented me with a choice not as a gift, but as my own gods-given right.

One of the difficulties of being a writer must be that you create drama that you can't live out. That's one of the wonderful things about acting.

I'm quite happy with the music carrying on. I've never been one to clamor for fame. It just got dumped in my lap. The ambition is definitely not fame. The ambition is to be creative.

it was first love. There's no love like that. I don't wish it on a soul. I don't hate anyone enough.

God is a politician; so is the devil.

There is no such thing as a Palestinian.

All destruction, by violent revolution or however it be, is but new creation on a wider scale.

You can call me mercenary, or call me madam, but, as I always tell my customers - just call me anytime!