There's something wildy decadent about the young-star lifestyle, and I just don't really see the point. I got my partying out of my system in college.

You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours.

Whatever you are made of, be the best of that.

A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, 'for a man you're kind of ignorant'.

I have no aspirations of world domination through the pop charts. None at all.

I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.

I think that people had this idea that I sat at home and sucked on lollipops and ate cotton candy while I watched cartoons - wearing a tiara.

Oftentimes, what you wind up learning is very different than what you expect.

But you have to remember in life that there's a positive to every negative and a negative to every positive.

Your face needs to have character if you're an actor - otherwise you're just a face.

I've always believed in people's capacity for goodness. I still believe that people are good. What I'm not so trusting about anymore is their relationship to their own goodness.

You do not own the molecules. They are stardust. They belong to God. What you do own is your soul. Nobody can take that away from you.

Do not allow any of God’s gift in your life to stagnate.

Maybe if you had megaphones on your chest they'd listen to the words that came out of your lips

It's safer for you to stay with the others, ' he said.Safer? He didn't realize.I was already dead.

Happiness is not in the amount of money we make ……it is in the good things we do to better mankind.

It's astonishing how many people who direct action don't know how to tell a story.

I'd like more kids to go and see theatre because it really is amazing.

I am the only actor who ever had to lose weight to play Orson Welles.

General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.

If you're gonna be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy.