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I did try to get a few of those teen high-school movies, but they just didn't like me. I guess I wasn't a certain type.
What's it like being opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger? For me? Are you kidding? Maybe if I'm lucky, come up to his navel!
I just got my work visa to shoot American Horror Story, and my official status is "alien with extraordinary abilities."
I've become very fond of the law. I've always been an advocate for justice, which occasionally the law brings to light.
I think, specifically with the horror genre, you have to make it very believable because it can come across ridiculous.
I know basic things about belly dancing, but not the technicalities; I want to learn it. I want to learn belly dancing.
Reading is a joy for my kids, and to swing in a hammock on a lazy summer day reading a good book just goes with summer.
There are those who build careers and companies just out of being popular on Instagram, but theres nothing behind them.
If I looked good in 'Wolf of Wall Street,' I cannot take full credit; it was because of the hair extensions and makeup.
If women envy men, we can now see that it's because of the privileges their anatomy confers and not the anatomy itself.
I did a lot of sitcoms, and being funny isn't about being beautiful. Usually, beautiful people aren't the funny people.
I use bath gloves in the shower every day. People often comment on my skin and I just tell them that I use bath gloves.
I like to go wakeboarding. It's my new favorite sport. It's like skiing but on a snowboard that has little shoes on it.
I enjoyed playing someone who is a professional, intelligent, defined by her work and not her role as a wife or mother.
When I gave a direction to an actor in the show, I know their whole journey better than a guest director could know it.
It is the youngest in the family who tends to the elders to learn about the sacredness of life and the beauty of death.
I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
My yoga mat comes everywhere. Keeps me stretched out after sitting still on all those planes, trains and road journeys.
'Dance Dance Revolution.' That's a lot of fun when you're having a dinner party and you just want to be a little silly.
I have a pretty fancy facialist, this woman Dale Breault. Getting older, it's a good thing to have a serious facialist.
Spina bifida affects every single aspect of your life, from your child's self-esteem to your ability to sleep at night.
I think it's always the emotional situations that are more tricky to nail and get into because I don't want to pretend.
I think that I'm very passionate, and I know that if I decide to do a film, my character is going to take over my life.
I just feel like everyone and their mother thinks they can be an artist. You can't. Sorry. I know I was born to be one.
I advise my daughters to moisturize, moisturize, moisturize, but worrying too much about the way you look will age you.
I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them?
You'd be surprised how inspired you'll be when you go into a different store than the one you normally go to for gifts.
There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.
I've been listening to 'Chapo Trap House' - they're quite radical. Every time I listen to it, my brain feels opened up.
Val Kilmer gave my husband, David Mamet, a Randall knife as a gift when the two of them were making the film 'Spartan.'
Whatever you are looking for is also looking for you. You see, don't only look. Be available and ready when it shows up
My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg.
The middle-aged woman is the ground bed of the audience that watches television, and yet they are absolutely invisible.
I'm not an early bird at all. Ideally, on Saturday morning I'd allow myself a lovely lie-in. 10:45 would be just right.
As an actor, I love being pushed. I love the feeling of, "Oh my god, I have to keep trying. What else is there to do?".
I was a telemarketer for exactly one week in 2005. I could not take 'no' one more time. I could not take the rejection.
The truth is, no, we don't live in a post-racial state anywhere in America, and this is particularly true in Hollywood.
I'm an eternal optimist. I've no regrets. I've people who love me. I've a wonderful life. I'm grateful for what I have.
As an actor, I have had an iconic journey and was fortunate enough to have worked with some really wonderful directors.
I personally like a little rehearsal, not if I'm gonna have a super emotional scene you wanna have it be a fresh thing.
I'm very analytical about the industry and I understand that there are value systems, and all sorts of things like that.
I think the reason vampire movies have been so popular over time is that they share so many parallels with human beings.
I don't find these technical things like flowers and chocolates romantic at all. I think Valentine's Day makes no sense.
You just have to ensure that you make good films because audiences today have become picky and smart, and rightfully so.
For events, I do use make-up, but normally I don't. I might use a bit of eyebrow pencil and a lipstick but nothing else.
If a guy ever walks into a restaurant on a date wearing mandals, you need to leave immediately. It's just not necessary.
Love-making is so personal to me that if I do it on screen, it is like I am leaving a part of my soul. I cannot do that.
You know those bumpers in the two lanes when you go bowling? I go out there with two of them, metaphorically, every day.
The work for the actor is always the same. We're looking for a human being. We're looking for believable human behavior.
Sit with silence a lot - real silence, where nothing is happening - because you learn so much in those moments of quiet.