People stopped me on the street and said 'I can't live up to you.' Of course, they're referring to June Cleaver.

I have to tell you that June Cleaver had a job in 'The New Leave It to Beaver.' She did. Sure, she was a council woman. She went to work. She wasn't a sit-at-home grandma. She went out, got a job.

Yes, I always played the bad woman. I actually did.

June Cleaver didn't keep her house in perfect order, the prop man did it.

The control of the production of wealth is the control of human life itself.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality.

Every choice before you represents the universe inviting you to remember who you are and what you want.

Some of the best stuff in all my movies has been improv.

There was a certain feminine satisfaction in having the last word, delivering her line smartly, and breaking the connection between them quickly and decisively.

Everything about my politics has been about the future.

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is.

Nobody's going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them?