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

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?

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.

Years are not important, my dear.

I walk, talk and act like a king even though I know there's no royalty in my bloodline

Life has a higher end, than to be amused.

Learning has to come from doing, not intellectualizing.

I'll bring what I bring to the tale, but it's good to know you have two guys with the experience and know-how in big games.

Chaplin made me laugh and cry without saying a word. I had an instinct. I was touched by the soul of Chaplin - Mime is not an imitator but a creator.

Much like great products, great content will only find the best people to love it if it's leveraged well.

Come out of the masses. Stand alone like a lion and live your life according to your own light.

The highest culture is not obtained from the teacher when at school or college, so much as by our ever diligent self-education when we become men.

The thing about movies is if somebody has an idea that works, it's in, and I say that as a screenwriter as well as a director.