If all you have to offer is a look that is supposed to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a tenth as long as you would be if when you speak you are interesting.

You know when people are stupid, it frustrates me.

I guess when all is said and done, if there is one last commentary on me, I would want it to be said that I participated in my life. I was a full participant.

Sometimes people think of actors as marionettes - everybody else makes the decisions for us - and, you know, really, making this decision [of which roles to take] is the only thing you lay claim to.

I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature. So I think that was probably my most valued characteristic as a teenager.

The babies are amazing ... They begin each day all warm and sleepy, smelling of promise.

When you end up happily married, even the failed relationships have worked beautifully to get you there.