My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'

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.

Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

The hardest thing in the world is for a warrior to let others be.

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

I'm a real Londoner. We have very grey weather in London, and I think it encourages a very eclectic and crazy fashion sense. I mix high-street stuff with more high-end fashion and vintage.

Time's chariot-wheels make their carriage-road in the fairest face.

Powerful men who have powerful passions use much of their strength in forging chains for themselves.

I have a wardrobe full of expensive clothes, but wear the same two T-shirts. I've never found a look.

I am a big Ellen fan. I have been one for quite a long time now. I used to do the local news talk shows with her in San Francisco, when we were both still kids.

Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.

The indigenous population is not responsible [for rising HIV infection rates]. It is the foreigners that we have to focus on.