Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

This is my one and only life and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing and none of us come out of it alive.

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.

My biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.

I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there.

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.

You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.

There's no negatives. You just have to trust that what's happening in your life is unfolding in exactly the right way.

By its very nature, history is always a one-sided account.

We move much too fast, and too frequently, to pause to savor landscapes or avoid disfiguring clutter.

I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.

I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.

For many people, illness - loss of health - represents the crisis situation that triggers an awakening. With serious illness comes awareness of your own mortality, the greatest loss of all.

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When insane things start to arrange themselves in sane patterns around you, you know you got problems.

I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.

The real purpose of painting is to give pleasure.

And if California slides into the ocean, as the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this hotel will be standing until I've paid my bill.