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I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.
Growing up in a lower-income family, you don't have the resources to make ends meet and you have to find creative ways to get by.
I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there.
It occurred to me that we live in a lunatic world where the only way to maintain peace is to have an enormous war-making machine.
Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.
There was a time when I was in this private school and the kids were so conservative and close-minded that it was just appalling.
You need to become a good listener. As you're working, you hear someone else's lines and how you absorb them becomes your acting.
For me, at the end of the day, I want to be judged for my work, not for what I've been through and past experiences, necessarily.
The parameters are such that I don't get offered a lot of work. I'm sure most directors hear my list of don'ts and say forget it.
I wasn't scared of childbirth. I educated myself and did my fair share of research, and that made me feel a little more prepared.
I always had a penchant for falling in love. Every time I found myself without a mate, I fell into a state of low-sizzling panic.
I want to do a musical so bad. I don't care what it is. I'm not picky. I just want to do a musical. I'm shameless, but it's true.
Many people associate stage fright with a fear of looking ridiculous, making a bad impression. For me, it's like a kind of fever.
My world. My rules. I would command everyone to do so many things! Be kind. Oh, I would command everyone to stop buying tabloids!
When people slave over those scripts and pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for them, they don't usually want you to add farts.
I'm very close to my family. Not like these big stars - not mentioning any names - who lose the plot and don't know who they are.
I want to tell people that I had post-natal depression because there is so much stigma around the subject and there shouldn't be.
I was raised on Broadway because of my dad, but I never thought I had what it took to make it there, although I always wanted to.
Once I'm obsessed with somebody, I'm terrified of them instantly. I'm not scared of them - I'm scared of me and how I will react.
Trauma reflected upon in tranquility can produce morally stunning insights - literary light! It can also produce maudlin rubbish.
That Hollywood thing, where everybody hugs and kisses everybody else - I always stiffen. It's an assumed familiarity. It's phony.
I read 'The First Bad Man' by Miranda July, and I just thought, 'Oh my God, I'll never be this good. That book is so incredible.'
People always think I'm so calm and ethereal. But my family certainly doesn't feel that way all the time. They tease me about it.
I have a huge rib cage, which is why I can hold a note out until I'm blue in the face... because I have such a big lung capacity.
I get my inspiration from books, pictures, art. I might find a vintage scarf and say, "I think this should be our color palette."
I've never trained as an actor. I've always thought I'm not a good actor. I've been told I'm not a good actor by a lot of people.
I always knew that 'Growing Pains' was not going to go on forever. I remember thinking, 'I'm going to enjoy every moment of this.
You can't be vain as an actor. In 'Ab Fab,' we were made up as old women with bald wigs and jowly necks, and we looked fantastic.
I realized I am living an amazing, gorgeous, large life. I want to share this, and that includes the good, the bad, and the ugly.
I don't think I was fully satisfied acting. You know, the girlfriend role or the best friend role, and that wasn't enough for me.
When you just arrive in L.A., you are in a great position, as you are fresh meat, and people will meet you and give you a chance.
I definitely felt awkward and I didn't fit in. Other than that, I'm learning that everyone felt that way: even the popular girls.
The only thing that gets me through any type of pain, emotional or physical, is to make it worthwhile by putting it into my work.
I wear everything from hip-hop baggy pants to beautiful Armani dresses. I also like to mix vintage clothing with designer pieces.
So I am happy to have fans, especially if it enables me to keep working. And I am really grateful when people respond to my work.
The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend's birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember people's birthdays.
I hope to have more time to think, to look at the sky, dealing with less crisis management, to learn another language, to travel.
As an actor, I have to be fulfilled in the roles that I play; it has to be a journey for me to learn something or involve myself.
I move on stage differently. The more you act, anyway, the more you live, your perception of life becomes more and more accurate.
You don't always have to look in the distance for what's going on over there, when you actually see what's right in front of you.
I've been acting since I was 5, literally since I could walk, and I've always said, 'I think one day I have to be in a fat suit.'
I love when guys are funny. I love guys that are funny and goofy and over the top. And you know, I really like personality. I do.
You have a choice: Support the woman standing next to you, or compete with her. But if you compete, you're going to be miserable.
It's true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.
I lend my daughter beauty products, but only as a treat. If she's going to a party, I'll let her borrow a mascara or moisturizer.
Weirdly, when I'm playing an English person, I feel like I've got nothing to hang on to, and it feels a bit strange and exposing.
I grew up watching science fiction with my dad. It was kind of our little secret. It was our bonding time as father and daughter.
If you're going to play strength, you've got to marry that with a vulnerability and give your character some relatable qualities.
As long as people want to see me do this action and sci-fi stuff, it would be wrong of me to deny the fans what they want to see.
It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.