I was never the ingenue or the pretty girlfriend of Tom Cruise in a movie. I didn't have that career, so I don't have to compete on that level.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

If you want to be happy, work with all your heart.

Is it so wrong to just live life and enjoy it? Between fun and function, why must we choose the latter?

We should choose our thoughts carefully. We can think about what is wrong with our lives or about what is right with them.

I think people sense that - that there is something not right about that equation [in the USA].

Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.

Sound is one of the best most powerful tools. All the ancient traditions confirm that in the beginning was the word. Sound sort of predates form.

I'd like to think that we've certainly strengthened the position of some of our government businesses.

Our outworn economic system dooms millions to frustration.

In almost the same way you know what your grandmother looks and sounds like, you know what Bruce Willis looks and sounds like.

Just because you don't see me doesn't mean I wasn't there