I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.

Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul.

You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style.

You are not an extra in somebody else's film. You are the star in your own life.

I am desperate and vulnerable. ... I am always terrified.... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.

Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that your efforts have made a difference.

You can't take responsibility for everything. You can't have that kind of control. At some point, it's all out of our hands.

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

Years are not important, my dear.

I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do.

Kiss someone like it's the last one you give.

Art thou lonely O my brother? Share thy little with another! Stretch a hand to one unfriended And thy loneliness is ended.

American closets are filled with once-worn clothes that got a bad review from a friend on their first appearance.

Beware of all the paradoxical in love. It is simplicity which saves, it is simplicity which brings happiness...Love should be love.

Now: heaven knows, anything goes.

I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.

I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my fathers frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer.

Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest.

I hate all the core stuff. That’s why I have to have a trainer. That’s the only way I’m going to do the abs work.

Remember this-I'm going to bring a championship to Miami. I promise.