I've never had my heart broken.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.

I MUST go to what desperately frightens me - the chance of failure.

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.

Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.

My agent said, "You aren't good enough for movies." I said, "You're fired."

You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis.

You may be a little older, or a little more neurotic, or a little more closed off. But inside, you're just the same.

A true education prepares you not only for living but also for life.

As thy days are so shall thy strength be.d harder so ur overcoming strength

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads.

No, really, " I said. "Now that we know that Flores is really this nasty, fiery, superpowerful nothing-can-kill-me demon from hell, maybe we should consider just giving Christy to him?

So Beckendorf was pretty popular?" Leo asked. "I mean-before he blew up?

I didn't want to be an artist in the same place I worked. You could always have people that might feel like you would do something more for yourself.

Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life.

Not for the first time, I wished both of us could just say what we meant. But that, like so much else, was impossible

I think they will never really enjoy true democracy in China.

If you want somebody to change so much, what is it that you love about that person ?