I've had such an odd career.

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.

Laughter is a good way to hide pain"- Leo Valdez

You can't forgive your captor and simultaneously be upset at your place in society.

Dark nights are unpleasant, " "Yes, for strangers to travel, ""The clouds are heavy.""Yes, a storm is approaching.

Living virtuously is equal to living in accordance with one's experience of the actual course of nature

To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?

We may be born equal but we're not equally talented.

The gods of one age become the devils of the age to follow. The priests look forward to the age to come and see only the end of the world.

It's winner takes all, but a draw will do.

She sacrificed her life to make things right," Mitchell grumbled. "She[Silena Beuregard] was a hero

Just when you think you know the answers, I change the questions.