I've spent my life pursuing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.

In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it

There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you.

I remember seeing some little wrinkles in my early 30s and thinking they were interesting. But you know the horror of it is that the screen image has to be perfect

I don't think actresses' lives in general are very good

In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul.

You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.

My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body.

Even the most stoic of men will be childlike at least once in a day.

I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone

The past only dies so the future can live.

It is never too late or too early

In order to pick something up, you've got to put something down.

I just recently realized. It's very strange. But doing fight scenes with Kate [Beckinsale], I was little bit more cautious. You can go harder with a guy, which I don't mean as an insult.

A man may stand for the justice of God, but a woman stands for His Mercy.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

I may be boring, but it would be to wake up by my dog and then my daughter.

In a key--but commonly overlooked--aspect of obesity, weight gain can be caused by the slightest increases in consumption, if it continues day in and day out.

You dont have to have an eating disorder to be happy or successful.

Consider that the trials and troubles, the calamities and miseries, the crosses and losses that you meet with in this world, are all the hell that ever you shall have.