Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.

Anybody who has curly hair knows you don't want it to be brushed out because it becomes a never-ending tangle.

This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.

I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind.

Judy Garland was just so delicious in every way and just so honest and generous.

Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her.

I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.

A lot of really good directors have a killer in them, as if they'd do anything to get that image. But that comes with the terrain and I don't mind it.

This is government. There is no entertainment.

My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote.

Know that you can make a difference in the world by being true to yourself, and moving in the direction of your dreams!

O Weep No More ForMe When I Am Gone!

I can't fathom my love for you, but I know that it makes me want to drown inside of you.

Death makes us sad, but it can also make us feel more alive.

I am out of practice at living. You are as brave as a motorcycle.

Legislation needs a better reason than that lawyers like it, and that America does it.

Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.

I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed.

Some lack the fickleness to live as they wish and just live as they have begun.

It is still beautiful to hear the heart beat but often the shadow seems more real than the body.

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it