It took me getting to my 50s before I could say "Whatever!" about other people's criticism, especially when it's not true.

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.

Happily Ever After starts every time you woke up.

Every morning brings thousands of opportunities

It is only after years of struggle and deprivation that the young artist should touch color - and then only in the company of his betters.

I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.

Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.

We live with that sense of not being enough, and it causes a very painful state.

Waiting for the winds of change to sweep the clouds away. Waiting for the rainbow's end to cast its gold your way ... You don't get something for nothing. You can't have freedom for free

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

We must confront the reality that his [Donald Trump] comments have provoked, and consider whether we want to import such hatred to this country.

There's no greater honor, as an actor, to be a part of a project that changes lives, and awakens and enlightens and entertains.