I have a line of clothing at J.C. Penney's... and I'm lucky to be affiliated.

I've spent about that amount of time trying to tell the public that there was purpose in... my business, my career and the roller coaster ride... how the people I associated with worked together.

I have a line of clothing at J.C. Penney's... and I'm lucky to be affiliated.

I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice.

You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning.

I hope that there are no persons that would want to think ill of me in any direction or any behavior.

If you're not invited to the party, throw your own.

I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.

I've always said that with kids' TV that people get stuck in it from drama school but that's not fair because I know myself that when you go in creatively, kids are so much more open to ideas. You're so much freer to mess about and try things.

When I was 16, nobody else talked like me. Nobody else sounded like me.

Either you sit on the pile of cash, or you continue to grow.

Living in continual chaos is exhausting, frightening. The catch is that it's also very addictive.

It's so, so awful for my entire body and my spine and my hands, and I have a perfectly good desk to write at, but I don't care. I love writing in bed.

I have a Damien Hirst spot painting which I love. It has pride of place over my dining-room table.

I used to routinely turn down things that might compound the impression that I was some kind of vacuous blonde. But now, when I look back, I think I should have done them because I would be very rich - being taken seriously isn't all it's cracked up to be.

May we do good everywhere as we have opportunity, and results will not be wanting!

There's been times when I've had heartbreaking moments and I'm like, 'I can't believe you said that,' or 'I can't believe you did that'. And it hurts, it still hurts, and it'll always hurt, but I've never had somebody that I truly cared about just walk out on me, whether it was a boyfriend, or an aunt, mom or dad.

I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.

As far as the leading man/romantic lead, I'll tell you what, I really enjoyed my experience more than I thought or imagined I would on 'Catch and Release.' God bless them if they want to give me another shot at that. I would love to have that as something I can go to on occasion.

Chemicals are really simple. You mix a couple things together and sell it for more than the materials cost.

I always wonder if my kids will say they're mixed or black.

Despite not looking like a matinee idol, I feel like I have a lot to give. I've never had any trouble with women. People are always surprised with the romantic aspect of my movies.

There never was found a man who had courage to acknowledge himself a coward.

Once in a while, I bump into a knitter, and we have a lovely conversation. But if you figure out the number of people who know me and the people who don't, it's really a small number.

I'm very tough on crimes where there are victims who have been physically harmed. In such cases, I do not believe in leniency.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

I loathe and despise the media in a way I did not think possible.

Control is what gives you privacy.

I adore Smashbox lip stains. I carry a natural color for daytime and a berry shade for going out at night.

I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important.

I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record, it was a revelation. She sounded like a woman singing about herself.