It's better to be angry without paying for gold than to be angry after you paid.

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.

I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy.

Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who'll play the piano after dinner, and I know you're not really invited for yourself. You're just an ornament.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

I've read all of Shakespeare and practiced a lot of lines. ... I am going to do Juliet first. Don't laugh. What, with what makeup, costume and camera can do, my acting will create a Juliet who is 14, an innocent virgin.

People always ask me if I believe diamonds are a girl's best friend. Frankly, I don't.