I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone

In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it

There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you.

I remember seeing some little wrinkles in my early 30s and thinking they were interesting. But you know the horror of it is that the screen image has to be perfect

I've spent my life pursuing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.

I don't think actresses' lives in general are very good

In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul.

You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.

My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body.

Even the most stoic of men will be childlike at least once in a day.

They were never defeated they were only killed.

Democracy is the government of the people by the people for the people.

There are two sorts of pity: one is a balm and the other a poison; the first is realized by our friends, the last by our enemies.

Everything you deny is actually killing you on some level. You see something, you feel something wrong with your body, you pretend it's not happening, it goes on, it grows, it gets worse.

Fierce and poisonous animals were created for terrifying man, in order that he might be made aware of the final judgment in hell.

In the late 30s the name Pollock was totally unknown and unheard of.

I can show you where to dig, and what to dig for, but the digging you must do for yourself.

It's not government that makes business successful. It's not government investments that makes businesses grow and hire people.

I told you before, I'll fight anyone. I don't care.

We believed anything worth doing was worth over-doing