I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque.

I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

If I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem.

I've always been ambitious to be very good at what I do.

I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque.

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.

You've got to sing like you don't need the money.

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.

It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in.

One hell of an outlay for a very small return, with most of them.

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better.

Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward.

When I have to cry, I think about my love life. When I have to laugh, I think about my love life.

Why put make-up on when you only have to take it off again?

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

Human beings have an instinct for freedom.

I feel my family's needs are a priority. I'm not comfortable with the idea of serving the many and ignoring my family.

Even if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself – exactly oneself and no one else.

It's fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that's too hard, start with a two-year plan.

Libertarians believe consenting adults have the right to do whatever they choose, except band together.

You know how a lot of people say they could go crazy? Well, I feel I live very close to that line.

After two decades of personal finance reporting, I've heard every excuse in the book for not saving money. That said, none of them really hold up - at least over the long term.

By raising the minimum wage in California, 700,000 people are going to lose their jobs. There are a lot of opportunities for companies to prosper in Florida and compete here, and that's what I'm going after.

Auditioning is so nerve-racking.

My assignment is to take my situation and to use it to help others who feel hopeless and/or helpless because of loss.

Reducing dietary salt is not only important for those who already have elevated blood pressure - limiting added salt is essential for all of us to remain in good health.

What I would like to do is make sure every primary school child has a library card, so where parents don't get their children library cards, we'll see if we can get schools to step in and make sure that every child has one.

My dad's a photographer. So I suppose he named me Ansel just in case I would take over the family business. I guess I failed him.

There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done considering the limitations that you have to work with. I mean, a computer can't really generate a character that talks back and forth with you successfully.

Describing comic sensibility is near impossible. It's sort of an abstract silliness, that sometimes the joke isn't the star.

The Coalition for International Justice estimated that 450,000 people in Darfur have died since the deadly genocide began some three years ago.

We never thought it would be something everyone would listen to. We never thought people who listen to Britney Spears would run to listen to it. It was intended for people on the fanatical side of production and hi-fi.

Mum was a high-jumper and qualified to go to the Olympics, but it got into the newspapers that she was married to my father, and the church put pressure on her to pull out of the Olympic team, saying, 'You can't be exposing all your legs.' That's how strong the influence of the church was on us all.

Humility is a good estate; founded thereon, the whole spiritual edifice grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Through humility, some have even possessed the gates of their enemies. For which of the virtues is so mighty to subdue the pride of demons and the tyranny of men?

Too liberal self-accusations are generally but so many traps for acquittal with applause.

There are already robotic journalists. Sure, they aren't very good, but they're getting better faster than human journalists are.

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent.