It was strange what happened to me; I mean popping out like that before I was even ten.

Anything I learned about the fine art of acting I learned from Hugo.

I like to take afternoon naps in the nude.

They seem to be charmed by my Southern accent.

And I usually use myself as a model, posing in front of a mirror as I dab the strokes on the canvas.

I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot.

One newspaper even published one of my nude paintings - the one of me naked from the waste up.

You know, just because you're a blonde type doesn't mean you can't suddenly do serious parts.

Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity.

Tell me the truth - do you think I've lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I'm shouting at fights or at baseball games.

None of the European girls, including Anita Ekberg, has anything not found on American girls as well.

It was strange what happened to me; I mean popping out like that before I was even ten.

I like to paint nudes mostly.

They want a lip print for their autograph books. I'm a sport; I go along.

Believe it or not, I was all fully rounded by the time I was nine years old.

We made one film called Thy Neighbor's Wife in which I got flogged at the public whipping post for adultery. I did my best acting in that film, I guess.

You know just because youre a blonde type doesnt mean you cant suddenly do serious parts.

It's so much easier to complain about something than celebrate it.

Caring is a powerful business advantage.

Maybe some people will not agree, but I like to eat sardines in the morning for breakfast. I think some people will have a hard time eating sardines in olive oil or pickled sardines for breakfast. I guess that is why I am still single.

Turn your fears into excitement. Your anxieties into enthusiasm. Your passion into energy.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

The aristocracy in the future is not one of wealth or university education, but the aristocracy of the men who have done something for themselves and their fellow men.

Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or more in London, and in the latter city they are merely tolerated because they do spend.

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.

Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game.

Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They think the way to do that is to go with a proven quantity, a remake of something you have already seen. That is their mindset.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

Were renting the space that we call Earth so we may as well just go for it.

A lot of independent filmmakers are really catty.

I am sweet and diplomatic in real life.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

When you find a man you wish to marry Tessa remember this You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says but by the things he does.

When 'Romeo and Juliet' came along, I fell in love with the way that it was written and how innocent and vulnerable it was and how different it was from 'True Grit.' I really liked that.

Authors can get an attitude of us-against-them when it comes to publishers, but learning how authors and editors can work together taught me to look at my work in a different way and to make that work as solid as possible before it ever goes to the publisher.

I think two people with strong points of view can appreciate each other even more.

There should not be one new dime in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires as long as millions of children in America are poor, hungry, uneducated and without health coverage.

What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists One understands absolutely nothing and its charming.

Medical professionals are as skilled and as dedicated as any, but they operate within a fragmented system that has not progressed as far as we have in aviation.

Directing is very close to choreography; you deal with space, time, emotions, lighting, making beautiful images.

When you shoot a film, it takes six months, and it's very important keep the morale of the crew up top, all the time, and keep them on their toes, and keep them enthusiastic.