I've never found that it jars to go back and forth.

Domesticity has to mean nesting. Otherwise, six months go by, and you don't know where your underwear is.

I hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good.

Hollywood is run by men who are big on vulnerability.

I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be.

I've never found that it jars to go back and forth.

As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive.

Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right.

I've worked with leading men so worried about losing their charm that they were always winking to the audience.

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavoury.

I'm not looking at money, percentage points or grosses. This is my life, you know? To me, every day matters.

I do need to be told when I'm going wrong. No one's acting can be an exact, 100 percent science.

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. Theyre not afraid to be disliked to be a little unsavoury

I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility.

My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.

Public school teachers enjoy a huge amount of job security, thanks to their powerful unions and inflexible work rules.

The best thing we've learned is when you are attempting to write a full song, write a full song that day. When we first started, we would have great ideas, but there's something about a moment and a vibe that's being created in time that when you return to it, it sometimes works, and it sometimes doesn't.

Of course I love winning things; I can't tell you how much I enjoy it.

Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things.

Napster's only alleged liability is for contributory or vicarious infringement. So when Napster's users engage in noncommercial sharing of music, is that activity copyright infringement? No.

Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to success.

I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight.

To be clear, I abhor the separation wall. It is an eyesore in itself and makes tangible the failed diplomacy and cruel short-sightedness that causes such misery in the region. No Palestinian can see that wall and not wonder if the Israelis mean it to stay there forever, a constant reminder of what they never intend to change.

Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own.

Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.

You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated you try to find reasons why maybe it didn't come off for audiences as well as you would have liked.

Observe and learn from stronger and better people than yours instead of laughing and pulling legs of poor and weak than yours.

When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself.

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.

I think we all share the same goal, which is a United States of America that inspires people and leads.

That's what motherhood is: you're working; you're doing 25 different jobs, and you're not getting paid.

When I got signed to the 'Fader' Label, they got really excited about having me as their new artist. They were promoting my music everywhere. Pharrell was one of the producers who wanted to work with me, so I was really lucky to be one of those people who got to work with him.

When I arrive at my destination, I like to hit the gym, as I find exercise helps combat jet lag.

I'm very lucky in that I have a good cosmetic surgeon.

We are born broken. We live mending. The grace of God is the glue.

I am not a centrist.