There are some actors who are my contemporaries who I think of as purebreds and I'm not.

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.

An idle mind is a devil’s workshop and I am prone to renting out my mind to the first bidder.

To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted

I gladly sacrifice pear-shaped tones in favor of down-to-earth emotion.

Each person born into the world has a unique mission to fulfill.Discover your mission and seek grace to fulfill this purpose.

Always begin anew with the day just as nature does. It is one of the sensible things that nature does.

I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.

The word is the most imprecise of signs. Only a science-obsessed age could fail to comprehend that this is its great virtue, not its defect.

You're born with intelligence, but not with ethics.

I used to be weird about it, but I think sometimes you can learn from watching yourself and all the mistakes you make and try to continue growing. But I'm completely uncomfortable for sure.