I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself.

Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.

Any woman can look her best if she feels good in her skin. It's not a question of clothes or makeup. It's how she sparkles.

I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.

You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.

The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

Learn to use your brains as deftly as your powder box, and then maybe you have a powder box and do not need.

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.

I most likely like books which are out of my language... English... for example is a great example - Not my native language, but I enjoy the covers and how the words sound.

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation.

Pretty much every time I try something different or do something in front of a live audience, I truly think they might throw peanuts at me.

Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.

Every once in a while, a cookbook comes along that simply knocks me out.

If you train yourself in memory work, you fearlessly attack and rearrange your material, for you can retain your original impression.

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.

I suppose I'll always be over-vulnerable, slightly paranoid.