I would rather be loved by somebody who respected me.

If you have Julia Roberts in a movie you're never really afraid for her because you know she's not going to die.

Everybody knows that love goes away.

I had a problem with cops pulling me over all the time for speeding. When I was doing Hill Street Blues, the cops said how much they loved the show as they were writing me up; meanwhile my insurance went through the roof.

Everyone said that if you want to be a real actor, go to New York. If you want to sell out, go to LA. And I thought - I want to sell out!

I would rather be loved by somebody who respected me.

A way you can get really good abs in film is you get your makeup artist to paint shadows - faux washboard. But if you see me in a movie and I have great abs, it means I have a great body double.

I have my cards read every time I pass a tarot-reader booth. I would be so embarrassed to have one of those 900 numbers appear on my phone bill, because I don't know how I would explain it to my business manager. It would almost be like saying, 'Okay, I'm white trash.'

I have to tell you, I'm not like Demi Moore, where the tears trickle prettily down my cheeks. My whole face screws up and it's like, 'Oh please, get a room.'

I met my boyfriend, a pro poker player, at a tournament. He tried to dissuade me because it's a seedy gritty world. Listen, I've played till 4 in the morning. I've played with a half million dollars on the table.

I still haven't made a film that defines who I am.

I won $100,000 in Vegas, which buys furniture for my beach house. That takes nerves. You can't think if I'm wrong I'll blow $30,000.

If I was like some of the characters I played, I'd probably be dead by now.

My mother had all these maxims - like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed.

That Hollywood thing, where everybody hugs and kisses everybody else - I always stiffen. It's an assumed familiarity. It's phony.

Don't bring your kids to my show, and I won't come to your house and cuss.

Novels are make-believe and play for adults.

Your past does not equal your future.

It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping... you get to make your wish list and you start thinking about what each character needs.

I'm a huge Hunter S. Thompson fan.

To me, Joss Whedon is a god. I'm just a huge fan of his work; I love his work on TV.

I was a very keen reader of science fiction.

When you are grateful when you can see what you have you unlock blessings to flow in your life.

I do not believe having a baby is punishment.

Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.

I pledge to give all there is of myself.

My old life - no amount of getting used to it would have made it right.

By constant self-discipline and self-control, you can develop greatness of character.

We all need illusions. That's why we love movies.

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

Our investments in data, Internet and international have been particularly timely and have positioned the company to post industry-leading incremental revenue gains.

When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing.

Some pain you can distance yourself from but a headache sits right where you live.

It's a lot of fun to fight.

My mother was a good mistress to her servants, taking care of them in their sicknesses, not sparing any cost she was able to bestow for their recovery.

We have to ask ourselves, is it really right that the E.U. should just continue to expand, conferring upon all new member states all the rights of membership?

We have to look to the well-being of the Lebanese citizens and create prosperity in the country, and you can't create prosperity without stability.

There is no darkness but ignorance.