Louis Armstrong said you have to live a life. And that's right. If you don't live a life, you don't got nothin' to come out your horn.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I've never had my heart broken.

There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.

I MUST go to what desperately frightens me - the chance of failure.

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.

Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.

My agent said, "You aren't good enough for movies." I said, "You're fired."

You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis.

I think One Direction are the biggest band in the world, their songs are great.

Law is but a heathen word for power.

You have to read history. You have to have a sense of history.

Selfless giving means forgeting about yourself. It means letting go and doing something crazy.

She's forgetting,' Ellen said to Jack, plumping herself down on a chair. 'All of her life is leaking out of her. Soon there will be nothing left.

Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.

I dont understand, but understanding something isnt a prerequisite to feeling it. We dont have to understand things in order to be affected by them.

The Supreme Court is having a hard time integrating schools. What chance do I have to integrate audiences?

The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.

Growing up, I was always the small guy.