Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.

Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.

Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes, she's great, but.

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.

I can be a better me than anyone can.

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.

You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that's left behind!

You can equate acting to a tennis game: When you're playing one of the best, you get better.

When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.

The American people as a whole are really pretty moderate. They're not, as a whole, conservative or liberal. The right wing is marching the Republican Party off a cliff.

I need, therefore I imagine.

Cure the disease and kill the patient.

Australians are very provincial in many ways. If they feel that you've used them as a stepping stone to bigger things, they resent it.

The smoothest way is sometimes full of stones.

Love is hard work. It is the hardest work I know of, work from which you are never entitled to take a vacation.

I really don't map out my life. There's no big plan.

I tell jokes for a check; I'm on TV for a check.