When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it up.'

I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.

Sometimes evolving doesn't mean transforming; sometimes it just means owning what is there.

Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.

Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

In Bonoboville, the females gently but firmly rule the roost, keeping the males gentle and firm

I want to tell you that I love you, ” he said. “But I’m afraid you won’t remember it tomorrow.”“There’s no way I would forget that.

Whenever you feel like criticzing any one, " he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven´t had the advantages that you've had.

I'm so naive about finances. Once when my mother mentioned an amount and I realized I didn't understand, she had to explain: 'That's like three Mercedes.' Then I understood.

Vision lifts you up. It makes you smile a secret smile because you know that you have something very special to share. What is your vision?

We have places in America that really have been just forgotten.

I'm kind of harsher than most people.

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.

I remember the mid-50s well. It was when my life changed, and I left acting to become one of the first female television news reporters in the UK.

Picture and sculpture are the celebrations and festivities of form.