I'm not perfect at all.

I am scared of becoming a mother.

Oh, my God, this amazing cool breeze is coming through my window and the sun is shining. I'm happy.

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

All my boys make me laugh.

Sure, my childhood was unusual. All these eccentric, wild people frequented our home: rock stars, drag queens, models, bikers, freaks. But I was not this little rich girl. My mom and I lived in an apartment.

Casey Affleck is a really good friend of mine. I know Casey a lot better than I know Ben, even though Ben and I have worked together a lot.

I have been working since I was 14, nonstop.

I'm not perfect at all.

I've sung my whole life. I've taken lots of voice lessons and I love to sing. But I've never really sung professionally at all.

There is no definition of beauty, but when you can see someone's spirit coming through, something unexplainable, that's beautiful to me.

The age I'm at now, you go from being a young girl to suddenly you blossom into a woman. You ripen, you know? And then you start to rot.

I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.

I don't think I'm particularly beautiful at all.

I love observing people.

I think it's healthy for couples to be away from each other for short periods.

Life excites me-just little, normal, everyday things. Getting out of bed. Getting dressed. Making food. I find it all exciting.

I love my dad, although I'm definitely critical of him sometimes, like when his pants are too tight. But I love him so much and I try to be really supportive of him.

I don't think a lot of really good films get seen.

Working with Bernardo Bertolucci was one of the greatest highlights of my whole life. It was such an incredible opportunity for me.

I've been spending this last month trying to find four outfits to wear to the different premieres of The Two Towers. It's hard work.

I love to go shopping at Target. They have so much stuff there, you can buy almost anything, it's really amazing.

When I was pregnant. I exercised and was healthy, but it was also the first time since I was 14 that I wasn't on a diet.

I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.

Beauty is not defined by the size of you jeans.

Music is all about training in harmony, training to understand and use musical energy for our greater pleasure by attuning to the natural laws of the universe.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

When I feel strongly about something, I'm not so quiet.

The Bible is the only credible guide either as to the real relationship between man and the earth and the great Creator of both or concerning the purpose of the creation of both.

The real kiss of death - particularly with my father - is the extraordinary popularity of his work.

By all accounts, the senate race I ran in was a quality race in the wrong year.

Those pointless equations, to which no solution exists, are called absurdities.

What I think is so amazing about having everything, and feeling like I have everything, is that I don't really find happiness within materialistic things. Like, it's cool if I can buy myself a new car, and I think it's amazing for a week, but then the thrill is over, and I'm like, 'Oh, so I guess that wasn't really happiness.'

Healthy, sustainable food production methods give us food that is nutritionally better and with fewer pesticides, antibiotics, and hormones.

Disappointment over nationalistic authoritarian regimes may have contributed to the fact that today religion offers a new and subjectively more convincing language for old political orientations.

I guess if you're not going to win the championship, you're better off taking the opportunity to win a Brickyard or a Daytona 500 than you are to make the Chase and then fizzle out.

Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.

Let your dreams change your reality, don't let your reality change your dreams.

Gays don't have a lot of testosterone. I'm talking about that they use both sides of their brain. Straight men only use one side. Gay men are very bright, very handsome... they put themselves better together. They dress good, they decorate, they clean, they cook.

Every story is informed by a worldview.

One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.

With my first two husbands, I always kinda sensed they thought there was something wrong with me. Maybe I was too flighty or whatever.

I believe in decentralized democracy.

Independent film is for actors that love to act.

A person who cares about the earth will resonate with its purity.

I don't like new cars; I'm into vintage cars - there's a Jaguar E-Type in the 'Goldie' video.

The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any future a country might dream for itself.

Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds.

Insanity is just what we call stupidity when it doesnt make sense.