Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way!

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.

I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close.

We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they do.

I love watching people listen. And on film often some of the best moments if you think about favorite moments on film, often the person isn't even talking.

Some people say talent is energy and that's a very interesting way of thinking about it. In other words, people with talent have a lot of energy.

We're not all evil or all good, and we all make mistakes to one degree or another.

Things either become unclear in a story or they're just ambiguous with no real point. So defined gray area with clarity that also works in the narrative, that's tricky.

I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business you need to have a certain internal stability.

Nothing comes from nothing

Be kind like a flower to fill the world with beauty, joy and happiness.

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either first time or last time.

There is an accuracy that defeats itself by the overemphasis of details. I often say that one must permit oneself and quite advisedly and deliberately a certain margin of misstatement.

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

What people do behind closed doors is certainly not my concern unless I'm there with them.

Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted.

A: Everything changes. B: But not enough.

The only generation that can reach this generation is our generation.

Things will go wrong at times. You can't always control your attitude, approach, and response. You options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better