The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct.

Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother.

It's the thing that you do well that brings you to prominence. The very thing that brings you to success can also be like a curse, because then people think that's all you can do.

I got into Julliard on almost a full scholarship.

It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely.

Really, can anyone drink several martinis at lunch?

Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.

I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to pack a lot in.

I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another.

Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?

Audrey Hepburn's face was made for the camera.

The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.

It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.

I adore clothes, I adore drinking. I just don't have the time or the inclination to totally indulge in it.

I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn.

Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me.

You make a choice whether or not to turn that TV on. We didn't even have a television in the house.

I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well.

I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence.

Ron Howard is as good a person as you could want to work with on film. He never lost his cool. He's the most easygoing, lovely man, but he's got this enormous intelligence and a wonderful humanity.

If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic.

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain a theater actress.

I wanted to show people I can do things other than the sophisticated bitch.

The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct.

I wish I didn't have to live up to anything.

Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves.

I'd much rather be famous for being a fabulous bitch than being, She does that nice wife really well.

In the early '90s, New York was a pretty depressing place.

I'm a nice, happily married wife and mom and I live in Connecticut.

Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.

I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.

Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim.

You can only do the work to the very best of your ability.

You are always damned by things that you do well as an actor.

If you want something that's going to provide you with a lot of challenges and a variety of different things to do, then you really can't beat a place like the Air Force. I don't mean this to sound like a recruiting pitch. But it's been a lot of fun.

Most bands have a sound that they're already identified with, so for the producer it becomes a process of helping them find their muse in the studio to make a record that will not only satisfy them artistically, but will also do something in the marketplace.

Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself.

I don't want to sound pompous, but I really think your gender doesn't necessarily dominate your sexual activity.

You get a heck of a sound from the church. Can't you hear it in my voice?

It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.

I am not a sound bite person. I prefer to run at the mouth.

This is going to sound strange, but I really didn't think I would pass 30. I don't know why or whatever, I just didn't. That's a very weird thing to say, I'm sorry. I don't know. Maybe it's because I was drinking so much as a youth.

People say that I could sing the phone book and make it sound good.

Handcuffing the ability of states and localities to develop clean fuels in the cheapest possible way, using local resources, is not sound or sensible policy.

I don't know the vast majority of you personally, and it may sound kind of corny, but I really feel as if we've become friends through the years. And you've been with me during a lot of good times and some very difficult ones. I can't tell you how grateful I am.

In my fifty years of experience and memory, I have seen the most amazing increase in the standard of living of a people ever achieved anywhere in the world. This is why I am so sure that our system of free competition and industrial development is sound and must be preserved.

The President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound... These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the president.

The soprano turned out to sound to me like the right hand on the piano.