When you can't change a thing, don't let it change you.

Isn't it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for - I don't know what exactly, but it's something that you don't mind so much not having at other times.

A man would rather fail according to his own ideas than succeed according to another's.

As for opinions, if they're not pleasant they'd better be kept to yourself. I learned that early in life and forget it every day.

As long as I am on this little planet I expect to love a lot of people and I hope they will love me in return.

People are generally opposed to things they know nothing about.

... the place you're in is pretty near what you're fitted to fill. Otherwise you'd get out and fill another.

All men are no more alike than all women, only aliker.

There's nothing a man can stand so much of as praise.

Nothing shows the kind of fool you are as quick as your tongue.

It isn't bad judgment to make a man believe he is something. He is by nature inclined to it, and a little encouragement is good for most people.

You have to be adroit and also patient to make others agree to your terms.

You know you made it, when people you know, tell people they know, that you know them.

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

I tried to find a character and how I would be an American actress in the 30s. But if this was a talking movie [The Artist], I'm sure she would be exactly the same for me.

Insecurity kills all that is beautiful.

Coming out is the most political thing you can do

‎People who talk less frequently notice more.

A dream is the key that unlocks the mysteries of the waking world.

The right to err, which means the freedom to try experiments, is the universal condition of all progress.

I really am not a weakling. We like to do a lot of takes, so it ends up being pretty physically grueling.