Everyone is insecure. I think, really, it comes from, like, a desire to want to be in control of how you're represented.

I'd never want to go back to being in my twenties or thirties. I was lost and confused and uncomfortable in my own skin.

I don't quite fit in in like a pure dramatic thing, but I still think of myself sometimes as sort of a dramatic actress.

Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit.

I worry about kids today - because of the sexual revolution, they're going to grow up and never know what "dirty" means.

I'm trying not to put pressure on myself to decide what to do at this moment, and just sort of go with what's happening.

It's so hard for people to even believe that there was a lesson to be learned at all, because they just think I'm wrong.

When I was pregnant. I exercised and was healthy, but it was also the first time since I was 14 that I wasn't on a diet.

A long time ago, when I was a young dancer in New York City, I fell in love with Jimmy Dean and he fell in love with me.

Perhaps like attracts like, and that's why I found myself in a circle of women who are so passionate about making music.

I am not intimidating. I am a woman's woman. I love hanging out with women. And people are really inspired by this show.

I think that people like to put you down to one line - a synopis of some kind. And I just don't pay any attention to it.

If one can create a purposeful, meaningful life then there's no room for drugs or alcohol. It's not on the list anymore.

I've no time for broads who want to rule the world alone. Without men, who'd do up the zipper on the back of your dress?

I'm, like, the biggest fan ever of 'Arrested Development.' To be a part of it is incredible. Same goes for 'Parenthood.'

I would like to have a home in the country that I could go to. First in this country and the other in the Mediterranean.

To all the girls that think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful one, its society who’s ugly.

When a script moves me, I find that I immediately understand a character. Of course not completely, but I do understand.

If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.

There comes a time when suddenly you realize that laughter is something you remember and that you were the one laughing.

My dad had a series of heart attacks when I was a little girl, and our world was shaped by these huge, traumatic events.

Ordinary people like you and me have the chance to make a tremendous difference for mothers and their children worldwide

Women hold the power because we have the vaginas. If you're in a heterosexual relationship and you're a female, you win.

I think that I'm so psychotic and so mentally ill that if I could tap into that I could do something really interesting.

There were some articles written about our marriage, mythologising it, making it into the greatest love story ever told.

We had a gay marriage on 'Will & Grace' in 2000, 2001. And I was like, 'Gay marriage?' I mean, it was just really early.

When you're a comedic actor and you're used to just getting laughs, it's kind of scary to go serious, even for a second.

I'm more relaxed about life now that I'm older. I like it-despite the wrinkles. It's what I feel inside that's precious.

We're a weird bunch at 'Mike & Molly.' We go to work, and we're crazy about each other, and we love where we go to work.

I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.

You didn't have to work to keep your fear up, your energy up, or your anxiety. It is all kind of built into the process.

I love doing accents because it takes you one step away from yourself and allows you to embody someone else's character.

If someone tells you you're not beautiful, turn around and walk away so they can have a great view of your fabulous ass.

I try to not work too many Sundays. At least on Sunday nights, I try to chill out a little bit. I call it Sunday Funday.

Everything on the radio is metaphorical in a bad way. But when I write a lyric, like "bang my box," that's pretty clear.

There are many times where even I, at certain points in the evening, after a few drinks, can't pronounce my own surname.

That was the action figure I was playing with. I grew up having this fantasy of being a superhero, being Princess Power.

I don't need marriage. I don't need anyone to take care of all my needs and desires. I can take care of them myself now.

My whole childhood was like: Work hard, be quiet, respect elderly people, respect your parents, and just be unobtrusive.

People who have had family members killed are able to forgive the murderer because that's the only way they can move on.

This...is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism.

I still miss my parents every day; I adored them. And when you have no children, friends are even more important to you.

When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that's going on from the images because the images are so strong.

It's incredibly fun as an actor to get to play different styles and different genres for completely different audiences.

I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.

I never ever thought that I would be in a Bond film, ever, which is weird because I grew up loving these amazing movies.

The best thing you can hope for, when you make a movie and you put your soul into it, is that people respond to it well.

We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.

Old-school Dire Straits songs are on heavy rotation: 'So Far Away,' 'Romeo and Juliet' and of course 'Sultans of Swing.'

I always sought out organic produce because to me it always tasted better; the quality was better - if you got it fresh.

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