It takes courage to recognize the real as opposed to the convenient.

Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.

I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it.

I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.

My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl.

I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again.

We get up in the morning. We do our best. Nothing else matters.

The only real failure is the failure to try.

The more I do, the more frightened I get. But that is essential. Otherwise why would I go on doing it?

There's nothing good about being my age.

I get sillier as I get older, so I don't know what wisdom means. I can only pass on something that I've been acquainted with and let whomever it is pick the bones out of it

Poetry should be like 'Uh-huh. Baby has to have it.

I get really excited every time there's a female character who is really strong because a lot of females in film are really soft.

If you are ever drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations.

I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way.

The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gatherings.

You are only pretentious if you are not sincere.

I approximated the Black Friday experience at home by hurling myself into a wall a number of times and then ordering online.

Be patient. Your future will come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and loves you no matter what you are.

In difficult circumstances always act on first impressions.

Establish a place of work where engineers can feel the joy of technological innovation, be aware of their mission to society and work to their heart's content.