Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.

You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then 'act as if' you know how to do the rest.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.

You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth.