I am desperate and vulnerable. ... I am always terrified.... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.

I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.

Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul.

You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style.

You are not an extra in somebody else's film. You are the star in your own life.

Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that your efforts have made a difference.

You can't take responsibility for everything. You can't have that kind of control. At some point, it's all out of our hands.

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

Years are not important, my dear.

I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do.

Rejection is one thing - but rejection from a fool is cruel.

If you say one lie enough times, it becomes truth people start to believe. (That's how it works - Extracted)

It is easier to move from failure to success in from excuses to success.

I don't know what drives me to succeed.

Nothing comes sailing by itself.

There can be no lasting peace, no security, nor can we as human beings begin to touch our full potential, as long as hunger overwhelms the human spirit around this planet.

Men should press forward, in fame's glorious chase; Nobles look backward, and so lose the race.

Everybody has their weaknesses.

In Sweden everybody has this perfect surface. Everyones very polite and controls their feelings.

Let us return back to the peace process for our children and for their children. The peace of the brave which I have signed is my debt, part in our love for [Isaac] Rabin.