It's interesting as one grows older to keep in touch with the cutting edge.

I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.

Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul.

You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style.

You are not an extra in somebody else's film. You are the star in your own life.

I am desperate and vulnerable. ... I am always terrified.... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.

Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that your efforts have made a difference.

You can't take responsibility for everything. You can't have that kind of control. At some point, it's all out of our hands.

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

Years are not important, my dear.

If you are willing to be a self-learner, you will develop yourself.

Read, re-read! Every word you read is a food for thy soul!

The problem with trying hard not to think about something was that you thought about it even more.

If knowledge is power and power is knowledge, then how so many idiots be graduating from college?

Ive always found a cure for the blues is wandering into something unknown, and resting there, before coming back to whatever weight you were carrying.

What we're seeking to do is internalize perception. Perception is very much involved with the senses and the mental processes and the emotional processes.

In the end, you can' t talk to everyone.

[My favourite song is] "All Along the Watchtower." The Jimi Hendrix cover.

Rock music will never die. We all know that.

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.