I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I've never had my heart broken.

There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.

I MUST go to what desperately frightens me - the chance of failure.

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.

Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.

My agent said, "You aren't good enough for movies." I said, "You're fired."

You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis.

It is a costly thing, looking on the true face of Love.

A pessimist is someone who has forgotten the joy of beginning.

A kitten is, in the animal world, what a rosebud is in the garden.

I refuse to accept Pluto's resignation as a planet.

It comes down to having fun and doing what I love.

Courage and folly are cousins, or so I’ve heard.

I don't shop online, but my wife buys everything at home. We buy sea crabs, fresh crabs, all kinds of things.

I believe the relationship you have with your government is not so different to a love relationship.

We Americans, we're a simple people . . . but piss us off, and we'll bomb your cities.

I'm not one to mythologize other actors too much, but obviously Sandy Bullock is a gorgeous woman.