In a way, my past gives me a little credibility. Not that anybody cares what I did nineteen years ago, but I did have a career, and a legitimate one, before I met my husband.

The reason we shot it was that the script was geared to Las Vegas and it was something commercial that we wanted to have in the can in case Butterfly was a success and we needed a follow-up.

And I like the way Cain writes his women. Very strong. They're kind of lusty, they know what they want, they're full of conviction. Cain's women are sexual.

I'm just not comfortable with that society stuff. I mean, we were just invited to the White House, but my husband won't take me because he knows I don't want to go.

Film, I think, is my medium.

I like to see love stories: romantic comedy or romantic drama.

I can buy and sell any of these people who are always criticizing me.

I don't like to go to the movies to see violence or some kind of spy thing with all kinds of information you have to assimilate to understand the plot.

Then I went through a whole bunch of crap with my lousy movies and pop records. I had people behind me kind of steering me in that direction, but it wasn't really my bag.

Because a lot of straight people think I'm nuts.

You know, it's not the people in Hollywood who go to see movies that will make a movie successful; it's the people all around the country; it's word-of-mouth.

Your dreams will never come true through some kind of magic.They will become reality only through self confidence, determination, dedication and effort

My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.

We've gotten to the point now where Republicans and Democrats have nothing in common besides being members of the 'caustic caucus,' and we can't get anything done.

Art is art, nature is nature, you cannot improve upon it.... Pictures should be inspired by nature, but made in the soul of the artist. It is the soul of the individual that counts.

It's a good thing Kerry's dead, because that funeral would've sent him over the edge," Henry said.

All my life, I've stayed at parties too long because I didn't know when to go.

For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions.

Let's not just make noise, let's make a difference.

Live or die: mere consequences of what you have built. What matters is building well.

He's hard-core, but I think he's actually more of an actor.