She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she's going out with a command that is hers. She is used to making those, decisions herself.

I think for me, as a parent, once my children are thoroughly informed, they can make the decisions that they want to make. The only thing that I demand is a complete comprehension [of the information].

The execs don't care what color you are. They care about how much money you make. Hollywood is not really black or white. It's green.

Greatness lives on the edge of destruction

Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocracy

Even Hitler didn't wake up going, 'Let me do the most evil thing I can do today.' I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'

You’ll never achieve 100 percent if 99 percent is okay.