America is such a nation of suppressed emotion, and when you arrive in L.A., you can smell the fear. It's the most alien country I've ever been to.

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it.

Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that's when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood.

Every time, at any point of my life, I think now is always the best age to be.

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.

It's what people create that makes my heart stop.

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.

Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful, That's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.

I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome.

Politicians are terrified of losing touch with folks back home but content to be clueless about government's failure to fix real problems.

Just let go - and fall like a little waterfall

That man has offered me unsolicited advice for six years, most of it bad.

We're being very good team players here and very happy we've got a great working relationship with Reince Priebus and the RNC. They've been spectacular to us.

When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.

Money comes to life as it is spent.

I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing.

The tragedy of the man not set up for tragedy ? that is every man?s tragedy.

The Navy has a custom-if a ship runs aground, the captain is relieved regardless of who is responsible. That's how Abu Ghraib should be handled.

When a woman wears a low-cut gown, what does she expect you to do: look or not look?