I take a situation, analyse it, break it down, put it in the form I want it to be in, and then I toss it away. Let somebody else go deal with it.

I'm a hypochondriac. Yesterday it was brain damage from the vodka the night before. Today, heart attack - my arm and chest started hurting at the same time.

I'm more of a tomboy than anything and then you see your name on these Top 50 Most Beautiful People lists and you're like, 'What?'

I'll say it loud and say it proud. I'm completely insane.

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.

I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person, and that was a little intimidating, but I wanted to get out there and pay my dues.

Anytime I was in Memphis with my dad and at the house, I was happy. That was, like, a given. It was what I lived for. And I still feel the same excitement and warmth.

I was very protective of my father and I didn't like these people who hung around outside all day. They creeped me out.

I want to pave my own path artistically.

I like Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender. The black-and-white films. With music, I tend more toward the '70s stuff because I was at the shows for those, so they bring back memories.

I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels.

If you want to work on your acting, work on yourself.

Domestic abusers and the abused need to develop healthy support systems...

I don't really know Hollywood, and I think that L.A. needs a bit of time to really know the city, because it's such a huge city.

How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints.

Great editors do not discover nor produce great authors; great authors create and produce great publishers.

Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.

In spiritual direction there is absolutely no domination or control.

When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.

The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.

The king's name is a tower of strength.