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I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you.
I'm just having fun. And giving a sort of second shot at childhood and life - and I need to be present to do it.
I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.
Once you learn how to say no, that's about the only place that you'll have control of your work and what you do.
No one has ever bought me underwear, and I'm a little bummed about that. Maybe it's not such a big deal any more.
I've always been very skeptical about marriage, because I only want to do it once; I want to do it the right way.
Racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism, anything Nazi and a boatload of other things have no place in my life.
I realised that conforming didn't accomplish anything. Do your own thing. As long as you learn that, you're cool.
Forensics I've always found absolutely fascinating. Anything to do with clues. And checking things out and solving.
No one understands the shift in priorities about having a child in your life... until you have a child in your life.
I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people who can argue well.
I've been on the floor and I've been heartbroken. I didn't know how I was going to stand up. But I just gave it time.
I love good romantic comedies. There just aren't a lot of them. But, I love comedies, and I'll never stop doing them.
I've pretty much kicked over every stone. And there's nothing in me that says, "I must create this particular thing."
I'm not politically vocal. I just want what's best for our country. I want our rights respected and those of my son's.
Falling in love-you should go with it, regardless of whether or not your heart gets smashed. You'll be a better person.
I really am thankful that I got to do The Proposal movie the right way with people who taught me how to do comedy better.
Y'know, every relationship is different. There are good marriages, bad marriages, connected partners, unconnected partners.
Actually, they [ Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump] are doing pretty well on their own. They don't need my character to step in.
You don't. It doesn't work. One day, you wake up, and you've learned how to store it, and you go to another part of the heart.
You can't really dance properly to James Brown. If you dance to James Brown, you look like an idiot. There's a lot of jerking.
I hope they invent a machine in which you type in the age you want to be, and it lifts and separates everything nonsurgically.
If you can't categorize a film for a studio, it's really difficult for them to wrap their heads around it and give you the money.
I was raised in Washington, DC in a household where one parent was a Republican and the other was a Democrat, so I got both sides.
I'm controlling, and I want everything orderly, and I need lists. My mind goes a mile a minute. I'm difficult on every single level.
I always had boyfriends, but I never imagined a proposal or a wedding. To me, that was like having a ball and chain round your neck.
I love fashion. I love couture. I'm going to erect a shelf in my bedroom with an art light to be the spot for the shoes of the month.
I didn't have a teenage or early-20s experience that was free and without worry. I missed the screw-everything, have-a-good-time phase.
I need to know how the clock is made after you tell me what time it is. I want to know all the details so I can understand how it works.
I will do comedy until the day I die: inappropriate comedy, funny comedy, gender-bending, twisting comedy, whatever comedy is out there.
I hate the word assistant. No one works for me. I work with everyone because I couldn't do anything without the people that I work with.
I admire actresses who are good to women. I don't like the ones who just don't like women. You can feel it. They're degrading themselves.
It's such a joy to be able to play someone who is angry. It's a joy and a relief. Having to be nice all the time is exhausting and boring.
The rule is you have to dance a little bit in the morning before you leave the house because it changes the way you walk out in the world.
On the Hugh Grant romance rumours: We're not dating and I'm not pregnant. We have not kissed or touched. We have not fought and broken up.
If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.
All the knowledge that I have doesn't necessarily make me brilliant, but I love acquiring knowledge and then sharing it with everybody else.
I think Benjamin Bratt is the most dreamy... he's dreamy! And I love the fact that he's got this Peruvian heritage; he's absolutely striking.
You never quite know what the change is until, one day, you wake up and go, "Wow, I'm reacting to things differently and I feel differently."
I've been trying to find the word that says what I need to be in life. 'Brave' is the only word. It's the only thing that I ask myself to be.
You hear sounds and orchestration, it's ... the fastest way, I think, to your emotions, even if you don't understand the language of the song.
As connected as we are with technology, it's also removed us from having to have human connection, made it more convenient to not be intimate.
If I die tomorrow, will I have gotten everything in the world I've ever wanted? No. But I will have gotten everything that's made me happiest.
I don't know if I always want to be in front of the camera. I love producing, I love the camaraderie. I love the adventures. I love the stress.
I don't ever want to come home saying, 'I should have spoken my mind. I shouldn't have let someone say something that I didn't feel was right.'
I will make myself sick on films, just because you want everything to be right. I can't sleep if something hasn't been done or is out of place.
Human beings exist that have integrity, that know how to keep their mouth shut, that know the bigger picture, that don't sell out their friends.
Stop being scared of the unknown, because anything I worried about didn't happen. Other stuff happened. The unknown, we can't do anything about.
It's just too much if you make your career everything. It is everything when you're doing it. But you have to find things you love just as much.
You grow up and share life experiences. That's one of the best parts of this business. You share how you're mellowing out and your new sense of self.