I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.

Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences.

The only power you have is the word no.

I never trusted good-looking boys.

It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son.

The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.

I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.

I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be.

I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.

I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one.

There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always be unemployed, always, and it doesn't matter how much money you make, you're still always going to be unemployed; and that you have no power.

I am an ordinary person.

It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.

Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.

I'm happy I have fans; obviously, they're such great people. When I'm on Twitter and Facebook, they say such nice things that I really appreciate.

So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It allowed hostile air to wipe out the approaching invasion force.

I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.

It is obvious that when I shot him I intended to kill him.

I became a children's author by accident.

Be sincere be brief be seated.

I'd met some awfully tough gals in my life, and I find them compelling, if I don't have to socialize with them too much.

Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke.

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

If you take a reasonable amount of vitamin C regularly, the incidence of the common cold goes down. If you get a cold and start immediately, as soon as you start sneezing and sniffling, the cold just doesn't get going.

Gaga is a gorgeous singer, and when she sings a great ballad, I get goose bumps.

Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal.

Kellyanne is the first female campaign manager of any major party to win a presidential general election. In her position, Kellyanne will continue her role as a close adviser to the president-elect and will work with senior leadership to effectively message and execute the administration's legislative priorities and actions.

The only people I ever get irritated with are the ones who announce, using my Twitter handle, that they are no longer following me and why.

The most important thing is to understand that this career is not about speed. It's about stamina. This is a marathon. It's not a 50-meter sprint. You have to persevere and understand it takes a lot of time. You have to know you're going to knock on 100 doors and 99 of them are going to close in your face.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

I always thought it would have been fun to spend an evening with Patsy Cline - just because I think she was really fun and interesting. I think you'd have a really good time with her.

If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.

I had benefited so much from Vipassana, I felt it was important for many more people to be able to share the experience.

When Katrina hit, my family lost everything - their homes, jobs, friends - and then it was a ripple effect, as so many others attached to them were affected. I had to come up with $12,000 per month to take care of everyone.

I became an actor by accident. I suppose I figured since I was in musical comedy from the time I was a teenager, I suppose I figured that I'd always been in that world to some extent.

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.

I think I'm a lot more complicated than my looks might indicate.