I have such a little face.

Sometimes I think they should set up an asylum for people like that... a whole slew of paparazzi defending their positions.

I would have made a lousy stripper. I'm just not very comfortable exposing myself.

My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised.

Even the busboys at the restaurants have a script to give you. Everybody is in the business.

Sean's a great, great writer.

Everyone has the answers.

I used to ask Sean questions about acting. He's a brilliant actor, but I could never digest his information. I work primarily on an intuitive level.

Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I don't know. Depends.

No nude scenes. No sex-symbol parts. I want people to recognize me for my work, not just for being pretty.

We really enjoy entertaining our children with characters. We'll act out all of The Wizard of Oz together.

If you're happy, if you're feeling good, then nothing else matters.

Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting.

It makes me believe in fate. In most cases, the readings where I've been really bad have usually been the ones where I got the part.

Unless you're a star in this town, you're really nothing.

I just love getting dirty.

I've always wanted to be able to let myself go over the edge.

I have always been a good mimic.

I'd rather attempt something I'm not sure I can do.

I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood.

Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it.

Sean's movies are provocative and challenging without being slick.

I like movies that make you think.

After every movie, I always kick myself for the same things-didn't do enough, not enough variation, not enough interesting choices, too bland.

I have such a little face.

It's just poetry, beauty and love. How hard can that be to act?

I like the whole package to be good, It's a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot.

Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me.

I was technically a Valley Girl, even though I absolutely dreaded being called that. I really hated the idea that I was a Valley Girl.

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.

I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one.

I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not.

My favorite designers are Levi Strauss and Fruit of the Loom.

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars. And I still feel exactly the same way.

If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day.

If youre happy if youre feeling good then nothing else matters.

If we invest in the American people, the American people always bring this Nation a good return.

It takes many years to be a great comedian.

I have always been interested in garbage: What it says about us. What in there embarrasses us, and what we can't bear to part with. Where it goes and how much of it there is. How it endures. What it might be like to work with it every day.

I notice how well or badly a guy treats a waiter, or whether he's kind to some people and not to others. One guy I was with actually yelled, 'Get out of my face!' at a homeless man. Needless to say, there was no second date.

Bird cage is nice only when it is empty

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

I like films that rest in the memory, so I try and choose parts which have some kind of social or emotional force.

Form must never trump function. Some objects are made to look so smooth, you don't know where to pick them up or how to turn them on. If I'm designing a garlic press or cheese grater, I need my hand to fit comfortably on it. I like to know, instinctively, how to use it.

The test of any man lies in action.

Life and success are about what you choose to believe.

Its strange how we find the best of friends in the most unexpected people.

I have never wanted a family. I don't believe in marriage, though I obviously believe it should be legal for everyone who wants to do it. But it is not something I believe in, nor do the characters in my book, nor do any of my friends.