Edgy is fine - I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination - but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that.

Steve Martin in 'All of Me,' when he did that whole thing where he was possessed by the spirit in his body? It was brilliant.

Your innermost urges will tell you what strategy to employ to accomplish your special purpose while doing the work you enjoy.

My father just got out of the Betty Ford Clinic. He's in his 60s, and this was the first time he ever did anything like that.

I'm in denial in its lesser state. It will take me a second. People around me will notice my mania first. And, my depression.

You have to discipline yourself and not carry the character with you. You need to switch it off and take time to re-energize.

You're either a really good hooker or a really good mom. That kind of conflicted nature is very much a part of being a woman.

If I had seen a black woman play Juliet as a little girl, my idea of my place in the world would have been totally different.

I have to take care of myself because if you get sick, you still have to work. Im not much a party animal, anyway. I lay low.

I made a vow to Chris when we married that I'd love him and I'd be with him in sickness and in health and I did OK with that.

I want women and girls of African descent and of color to be able to not have to keep searching for stories about themselves.

Once you act with someone, who gives you so much to feed off of, you just have to be there and be yourself, and it comes out.

I really am happy that I met my agency and my management company, because they see me as a person and not just a Latin woman.

Share your story with someone. You never know how one sentence of your life story could inspire someone to rewrite their own.

I don't let anyone's insecurities, emotions, or opinions bother me. I know that if I am happy, that's all that matters to me.

You can turn your life around. You can through hell and back. It is possible. Never underestimate yourself. I believe in you.

Models, even male models - how small they've gotten! It looks great for the clothes, but it's not what you want in real life.

Like a typical Gemini I'm changeable, I can be two different types of people. I can be very outgoing, but sometimes very shy.

I don't believe in marriage. I believe in a commitment that you make in your heart. There's no paper that will make you stay.

People are like moths. First they are ugly and awkward, until they break out of their shell and become a beautiful butterfly.

It's never too late. Don't focus on what was taken away. Find something to replace it, and acknowledge the blessing you have.

I don't dislike the way I look. I think I look fine. I think I look extraordinary for 88. And I've got energy. Out of my way.

I'd much rather dress like a 5 year old than a 21 year old. I'd much rather wear a puffy sleeved shirt than some low-cut top.

For a few months, I'd have a green juice every day, but one day, I realized I'd rather eat those ingredients than drink them.

I'm going to let myself off the hook, because if there's one thing that is not my focus at the moment, it's how much I weigh.

I don't think I'd be a very good talk show host. I mean, I'm very talkative but I don't know if I could do that all the time.

Stuffing is my favorite food in the world! I actually have been known to go buy stuffing and make it in the middle of summer.

I don't have makeup on all the time, but when I want, I have fun with my friends choosing clothes and putting nail polish on.

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand.

Singing makes me so happy and feeds my soul so much that I almost wouldn't want it to get tainted and become this work thing.

Hazel always used to say There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle.

In the face of excruciating pain and uncertainty, I never lost hope, and it never occurred to me to stop fighting - not ever.

I was into Virginia Woolf and James Joyce [at university] and I think we all thought that [Charles] Dickens wasn't that cool.

In L.A. you hear all these stories of people being filmed in their own homes through their windows. I think that is so scary.

If we can have drones, we can have brown people on TV, and the world won't end! We need to catch up. We are painfully behind.

I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.

I find that whoever you are as a person is how you're gonna fight, and every basic instinct kind of comes out at that moment.

I think in theater the playwright is king. Those words are unchangeable. They are the reason that everything else flows from.

There have been countless times where I've worked out with my kids crawling around all over the place. You just make it work.

I don't fit into the bad side of American psychology. The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans.

I always knew I wanted to act, but my parents neverencouraged me. If I was talentless, they didn't want me to be heartbroken.

I really wanted my creams to feel luxurious and have a beautiful finish, and it's harder to do that with natural ingredients.

I've pretty much learned I can let that [being black] hinder me if I want to ... or I can fight for different kinds of roles.

I can't think of any shows I've watched about teenagers that has the same spirit that 'Skins' has, the same honesty about it.

Sophia Loren would be a glamour girl even if she were in rags selling fish. She has the look, the movement and the intellect.

Waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless and disappointing." ~ Sam (Hilary Duff), A Cinderella Story

Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.

That's when you know you know somebody. When you know every piece of clothing they have in their wardrobe. That's friendship.

I think it'd be pretty cool to fly. Actually, I'd like to be Language Gal. My super power is that I can speak every language.

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