I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that.

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.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

When you love someone, you’re capable of more than you know.

If we must part forever, Give me but one kind word to think uponand please myself with, while my heart's breaking.

If you have not been served personally by caring hands in your own life, do not be bitter, but instead, ask yourself who you can now serve.

Although they are often called cabarets, and occasionally there is even strip-dancing involved, you shouldn't associate them with merrymaking or extravaganza...

The 6 months leading to an ultra marathon are crucial in how you will do

Hounds follow those who feed them.

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Look to the Classics, History, to the Arts, for there is truth. Look away from the systems, the processes, the techniques.

When I was 15 and then 16 years old, I spent two summers in Nicaragua for a service project. I took Spanish classes the first week and got acclimated to Central America. I loved it.