I don't feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether they're seen or not is another issue.

I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.

Clearly romantic comedy is my franchise genre, I don't mind saying that, it's true. I love doing them and hopefully always will do them.

People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.

I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me.

What brings people down is the same thing over and over.

I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst.

I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.

I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.

Neither of us, me nor Dennis, is cavalier about a breakup. We both behaved very honorably.

I've been in this business for years and I'm still befuddled by the ways of this town.

And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well.

My family responsibilities don't conflict with my career. Not at all.

It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols.

I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be loved or your capacity to hear and to really speak.

It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Dennis's relationship could not sustain.

Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as.

I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material.

A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well.

And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up.

Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do even though it takes a lot.

When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often.

I don't feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether they're seen or not is another issue.

If you empower women you can change the world.

Right now I'm just thinking about school and trying to get those grades and keep them up! In case I become a Norma Desmond when I grow up, I can have something to fall back on!

The simple fact is this: they are foreigners inside a country which has rejected them. Therefore, these foreigners wherever they go or travel they will be rained down with bullets from everyone. Attacks by members of the resistance will only go up.

It is important to note that most of the patients in Ohio's mental health facilities have never committed crimes. They are institutionalised because they have lost touch with reality and are having problems functioning unaided in the community.

One thing about these storms, we know how disruptive things can be when we depend on the system to keep working. What would happen if the terrorists do it? Knock down the power, destroy bridges, cut the water supply?

I listen to a lot of Christian music, and reading my Bible calms me down immensely.

I'll do anything. That has proven problematic - you may remember my broken leg in a dirt bike accident - but that is also the ingredient that has allowed me to elevate myself in pro wrestling.

I think it's my job to make any question interesting by coming up with a jazzy answer, otherwise I hardly deserve the spotlight, right?

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday

If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.

I liked being in a smaller theater. I love doing shows of all sizes, but sometimes it's nice to be in a smaller space and to strip away some of the music so that you can be a little less than larger-than-life; you can be a little more naturalistic.

I feel very confident that that information should be sufficient for the members of the Senate to make an informed decision about John Roberts' qualifications.

Life starts at conception and must be protected from the first moment.

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!

I believe we all agree that, for the health of Kansas, nothing is more important than education.

I guess I never had a better experience than working on The Long Riders, and at the same time, I never had a harder time than what I did making Southern Comfort.

True freedom which is full joy is the complete recognition of law and adaptation to it. Bondage comes from ignorance of law or opposition to it.

Who would have thought that a tap-dancing penguin would outpoint James Bond at the box office? And deserve to? Not that there's anything wrong with 'Casino Royale.' But 'Happy Feet' - written and directed by George Miller - is a complete charmer, even if, in the way of most family fare, it can't resist straying into the Inspirational.

We are not concerned about innovation shifting from the U.S. I still believe that the U.S. still has capabilities for innovation.

When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.

There were times, especially when I was traveling for 'Eat, Pray, Love,' when, I swear to God, I would feel this weight of my female ancestors, all those Swedish farmwives from beyond the grave who were like, 'Go! Go to Naples! Eat more pizza! Go to India, ride an elephant! Do it! Swim in the Indian Ocean. Read those books. Learn a language.'

The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been second to none.

The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.

Victor Young had been hired to write the score for the dances of The Ten Commandments but he became very ill. You were then hired to write the score. But at the same time you'd written The Man with the Golden Arm score.

I really enjoy making breakfast and dinner. But breakfast is a good excuse to have some dessert before dinner.