You can't keep things secret in a film anymore. Once you realize the secret's out, you might as well go with it and not pretend that it's not there.

When youre a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench.

The older you get, the better you get, because you've seen more. You don't necessarily have to go through a lot, but you have to witness it in order to recreate it.

I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American.

Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition.

It's naive to think there is a woman in the world who isn't brought up to believe that they are waiting for their soul mate. You even see it in Disney.

I did 'Tumbleweeds' for fun. I did it because I loved it and I hardly even got paid.

I would often go on as myself, when I wasn't working. And the first time I went on as myself, two people came up and asked me what I was doing and who I was.

I have become a marketing tool and I feel very uncomfortable with that. There's no space for me to express myself.

People are calling a lot, sending scripts my way. Yes, it's wonderful because, let's face it, there aren't many wonderful scripts for women over the age of 10.

My mother and father are still together after forty something years. I lived in one place till I was 6. I lived in another place from when I was 6 till I was 17.

Everybody know death is inevitably coming, but it never fails to catch everybody by surprise everytime one is going

So do flux and reflux--the rhythm of change--alternate and persist in everything under the sky.

What a strange creature is a laughing fool, As if a man were created to no useBut only to show his teeth.

I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

The hardest thing is to do something which is close to nothing because it is demanding all of you.

You don't have to understand woman. You only have to respect them and understand why.

Remember, Christ's scholars must study upon their knees.

I'm not the greatest long-distance shooter, I know that. But I know if I can get around that free-throw line area, a lot of times you've just got to hope I miss.

Men are inconsolable concerning the treachery of their friends or the deceptions of their enemies; and yet they are often very highly satisfied to be both deceived and betrayed by their own selves.

I need you to know that no matter what happens, it was worth it to me. Being with you, loving you. It was all worth it