Never, ever, have I felt really accepted in Hollywood.

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.

I am 15 and you are 51, I know you are the best, to be loved by, everyone.

Faith can keep you alive in any storm.

Count your summers, not your winters.

Vengeance is pointless, but certain men do not have a place in the world we sought to construct

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

When you're recording to tape, you usually just settle for what you have. There's not a lot of options to manipulate the performance.

We grow into that which we admire.

Women who talk about football tactics, it's beautiful. I find that fantastic. And you know what a 4-3-3 is, right?

The world to me was a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations of her own.

Straight lines vary only in length, and therefore are least ornamental.