When you think about it there's never really been a realistic exposition of Hollywood, I mean - from the inside - showing Hollywood what it can do, what it has done, to people.

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.

I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

Moments of pure happiness...come upon you unexpectedly. Don't be too preoccupied to experience them.

Everything is transient. Everything is constantly changing. The only thing we have is now.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

Don't be absent from your own life.

I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Sometimes, at the least opportune times, the past is an insomniac, alive and well.

There are of course mornings when you wouldn't mind a lie in.

Congress is headed in the wrong direction with this bill which removes any and all incentives from the food industry to improve their products for children.

God is God. His name doesn't matter.

In real life a right-angled triangle is very unlikely to have a square on its hypotenuse.

Told you, Rose. Get too close to the sun, and you'll burn." -Edward Elric

Harvard has something that manages, I think, to provide a lot of options for students, but still fairly prescriptive about the kinds of subjects that the courses ought to cover.

Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer.

What is hid is unknown: for what is unknown there is no desire. [Lat., Quod latet ignotum est; ignoti nulla cupido.]

I love to have a beer with Duncan "Cause Duncan"s me mate