Playing Juliet in Heavenly Creatures changed my life, and the role of Clementine in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind opened many new doors creatively.

It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

If being crazy means living life as if it matters, then I don't mind being completely insane.

Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask.

I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.

Femininity for me means happiness and freedom...freedom of being who you are in whatever shape or size you come in.

Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.

I'd much rather be known as some curvy Kate than as some skinny stick.

Because of the person I am I won't be knocked down — ever. They can say I'm fat, I'm thin, I'm whatever, and I'll never stop. I just won't. I've got too much to do. I've too much to be happy about.

I have no regrets. If you regret things, you're sort of stepping backwards. I'm a believer in going forwards.

Life is short, and it is here to be lived.

A pure belief can not be forced on human's heart.If it could, no need for terms such as 'I've told you'.

The worst times can be the best if you think with positive energy.

I love this profession, but God, it can just destroy people, and I don't want that to happen and become some monster.

It is funny you know, you spend 12 years of your life learning about things and about life, but they never really tell you how hard life really is.

There's so much talk about the Drug Generation and songs about drugs. That's stupid. They aren't songs about drugs; they're about life.

There's not a rocket scientist, not a doctor, not an accountant that 30 years in goes, "Oh, now I'm getting it. Now I can't wait to get back out there because I'm better than ever."

When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood.

Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness will help a man walk tall. Walk tall!

I'm feeling very angry right now, because I have only one bed and no couch.

Take characters that Nicholson or De Niro play: they're not always tough