Security has no place in the life of an actress.

In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it

There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you.

I remember seeing some little wrinkles in my early 30s and thinking they were interesting. But you know the horror of it is that the screen image has to be perfect

I've spent my life pursuing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.

I don't think actresses' lives in general are very good

In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul.

You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.

My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body.

Even the most stoic of men will be childlike at least once in a day.

The hope of hardships!

The same thing that had happened with the flowers was happening with my longing: once I held it in my hands, I didn't know where to put it.

Without doubt, without hesitation, I choose gardening over the gym. I can't stand going to the gym. It doesn't appeal to me at all. Give me gardening every time.

Physical wounds heal, but those on the soul are difficult to heal.

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?

I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops.

If we could follow the slogan that says,"Turn off the TV and open a good book" we would do something of substance for a future generation.

I was raised with pretty thick skin. And I think people are hungry for politicians who aren't afraid to say what they think and mean it.

A man never got a woman back... not by begging on his knees.

Those will soon come to make nothing of God that will not be content to make him their all.