I got as little as a $75 a week when I started.

I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema.

I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people.

Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.

I think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on.

When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined.

I went to Kerala in India, to learn Ayurveda, which was fantastic.

I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.

Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.

The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.

It's very difficult to marry into another civilization.

I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.

It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me.

We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years.

I had two children. I had a nanny to manage my kids.

The most important thing is to remain active and to love what you are doing.

You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them.

I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly.

I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities.

There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.

James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect.

I got as little as a $75 a week when I started.

The American is wholeheartedly for love and romance at any cost.

No matter what you do, your person comes through. You can't completely change yourself on the screen. I had in mind someone colder and more in control, but I couldn't do it. This human note just crept in and maybe it's better.

I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet.

I longed to break out of the system and do different roles.

In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?

One of the big changes in the Congress since I first came to Washington is that all of these folks go home every weekend. They used to play golf together; their families got to know each other, go to dinner at each other's homes at weekends - and these would be people who were political adversaries.

I try not to read best-dressed lists or anything like that. For every good thing, there will often be a not-so-nice thing people would say.

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one’s lost self.

Every villian is a hero in his own mind.

What really grabs me about living in Tucson is the color beige.

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.

here's nothing wrong with self-improvement, as long as you recognize that at some point you're going to have to accept yourself in all your imperfect glory. What's wrong with liking yourself the way you are?

When it comes to knowing what to say, to charm, I always had it.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

I am big into aromatherapy.

I cannot recall a time that I did not believe in Jesus Christ.

When I was a teenager, I thought how great it would be if only I could write novels in English. I had the feeling that I would be able to express my emotions so much more directly than if I wrote in Japanese.

I have no hesitation in applying a law regardless of what I might think about it.

Letting the greens dictate your energy choices, whether it's halting the XL Pipeline or fracking in New York, isn't just bad economics. It can also leave your rivals and enemies controlling your energy destiny.

It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

Sunday is about relaxing and wearing anything comfortable. I love wearing a J. Crew shirt and jeans, which is a treat because I never wear these kinds of clothes during the week.

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.

Flaws are awesome - so, 'flawsome!' I love making up a word.

If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything.

Technology giants have taken advantage of tax codes written for an industrial age.

Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.