Forty-seven is nothing at all, nor is any age unless you're a cheese.

A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.

Age is of no importance unless you are a cheese.

To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.

Age doesn't matter, unless you're cheese.

A woman isn't as old as she thinks she is. She's as old as men think she is.

But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?

Sin in the theater, I can observe now, is comparable to education in a university: it is there for those who wish to take advantage of it, but fewer do than you might suspect.

Twins are so practical. It's always nice to have a spare.

If I ever loved a man better than I love my art, I should marry him and leave the stage. But I have never met such a man.

There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career.

Out here, the open night is my church, the trees are my congregation, the stars are my angels and the moon is the only god that I know.

Fight for whatever is yours even though it means you'll suffer, if you really want it, you'll do whatever it takes to be yours again.

Talking about food is like talking about your dreams. Everyone has something to say. We all have to eat, it's just what we eat which differs. Some people eat for fuel and I feel bad for them.

I'm the female equivalent of a counterfeit $20 bill. Half of what you see is a pretty good reproduction, the rest is a fraud.

It is cold down in Washington, DC. They had to use an ice scraper on John Boehner's face to get the tears off, it was so cold.

Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good.

Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game.

And their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected jewels.

Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out their conscience, thus helping bring the collective conscience to life.

The pursuit of health is a symptom of unhealth. When this pursuit is no longer a personal yearning but part of state ideology, healthism for short, it becomes a symptom of political sickness.