I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.

Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.

I've spent years when I've not been in the limelight at all and I'm perfectly happy living my life without being swooped on by paparazzi.

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?

I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I don't act my age. To me age is just a number.

Life is not life unless you make mistakes

Only fine cigars are worth smoking and only men who smoke fine cigars are worth kissing.

It takes only a bit of tragedy to destroy insta-love.

Don't forget that in the history of the world, there was a plebiscite, in which Christ and Barabbas were being judged, and the people chose Barabbas.

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere.

Prayer is not eloquence but earnestness.

O freedom, first delight of human kind!

We're all African-American, so we're all influenced by each other.

I have had bosses that were genuinely excited when I told them I was pregnant. I feel very blessed, but I also know I need to continue to do excellent work and stay organized.

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.

People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.