I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.

Whatever you do, do it completely. Don't do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.

The art of survival is a story that never ends.

It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.

But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya.

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy of so many other people.

I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around.

You have to treat yourself like a mushroom to some degree, in order to keep on discovering things.

The act of speaking our intentions aloud shifts them from wishful thinking into action.

Sometimes a tree tells you more than can be read in books.

Actors are insanely competitive and they hold back on each other. They are like magicians and none of them want to show their tricks.

When you come out of that pink ugly hole onto this planet you're nothing but a gooey shrieking wrinkled ball of weakness.

Illumination in the outer world is to be happy no matter what is going on. In the inner world, it's more ineffable. It's harder to express.

Art derives a considerable part of its beneficial exercise from flying in the face of presumptions.

No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.

Economic theory has demonstrated in an irrefutable way that a prosperity created by an expansionist monetary and credit policy is illusory and must end in a slump, an economic crisis.

I decided to always sing in the back with the chorus and never went up front because I had trouble performing.

I would say realistically, and I don't want any headlines, but I would say realistically that next year would be the last year.