Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.

You win an Oscar, it can double the audience that you had before.

Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm extremely undisciplined person.

Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.

I would never say don't do acting [to my kids], because I think it is a glorious profession and I am so thankful for everything it has let me express.

I think we reserve a special place in our hearts for women who dare to try and be powerful, or occupy a special elevated place in society or when they are 'the bosses'. I think we really don't like it as a society and we have a harsh view of them. We look much harder at them, than the millions of men who aspire to the same positions and I can't figure that out.

True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.