You are not an extra in somebody else's film. You are the star in your own life.

I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.

Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul.

You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style.

I am desperate and vulnerable. ... I am always terrified.... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.

Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that your efforts have made a difference.

You can't take responsibility for everything. You can't have that kind of control. At some point, it's all out of our hands.

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

Years are not important, my dear.

I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do.

We are one in spirit.

When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Our country is being run by incompetent people.

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.

Was not Jesus an extremist in love? - "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you."

I've spent so many years living in one place and imaging another.

I don't have a hateful bone in my body. I don't believe anyone should be bullied or made to feel bad about who they are.