For me, I don't even like to promote my films but I have to because it's in the fine print of my contract.

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better.

I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.

You'll never have any mental muscle if you don't have any heavy stuff to pick up.

It's always refreshing to step into another time.

Blessings come in disguise. And challenges can be a blessing.

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world.

I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.

I would say chemistry between two people is very powerful. You have to fight to keep it, but if you don't have it, you can't manufacture it.

Even a lion finds time to relax and look for a good spot.

Give yourself permission to stop existing and start growing. We all need more than work for self-actualization. Remember that interests and hobbies aren’t frivolous

Building the scene, going out and doing shows and connecting with the fans, cultivating the fanbase in all these cities. I'm very glad that it's happening.

The essence of intelligence was to know when, or if, to expose even the heart's deep need for instruction.

Capitalism in Russia has spawned far more Al Capones than Henry Fords.

So important are insects and other land-dwelling arthropods that if all were to disappear, humanity probably could not last more than a few months.

Handguns are a public health issue.

One penny may seem to you a very insignificant thing, but it is the small seed from which fortunes spring.

I thought it would be easy. I thought it'd take me one year to be Salma Hayek.

Let me therefore live as if every moment were to be my last.