I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better.
Blessings come in disguise. And challenges can be a blessing.
I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.
You'll never have any mental muscle if you don't have any heavy stuff to pick up.
I would say chemistry between two people is very powerful. You have to fight to keep it, but if you don't have it, you can't manufacture it.
My parents treated my like I had a brain - which, in turn, caused me to have one.
I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.
I wish I could always look like I've just finished a really good laugh.
Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in.
That's why they call it work, because it's not what you'd prefer to do with your free time.
I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.
There is something wonderful about coming to terms with time - that it is finite. You want to have as much joy in your life as possible, and you take responsibility for your own joy.
I know I've made the right decision when I've followed my heart.
I bought into the myth that you are not complete without romantic love, without a mate. And it can really distract you from your goals. But sometimes you have to take a leap.
To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with.
I take comfort that aging happens to everybody. It's part of life. Aging offers great lessons in dignity, since the indignity wins in the end. Yes, it bothers me when I have lines or puffiness or droops. But it connects me with the human race. Like weather bringing people together, aging brings people together.
A grandparent will tell you, "Have fun!" and a parent will tell you, "Be safe, do a good job, make me proud." You know what I mean? I try to grandparent myself now, because it's important to have fun, it's important to impart the fun in things to other people.
I don't really know how to relate to a long-term day-in day-out kind of comfortable relationship.
When I was 12, all I wanted was to be good at school, and to do something admirable, something you can't take away from me because I'm not popular or beautiful enough.
Americans have an interesting conundrum, a black and white line: You're on one side or the other of Puritanism or licentiousness. But that gray area where people abide, between their ears or on the Internet, needs to be fleshed out more in terms of permission granted. I think a lot of women are contained within the parentheses of shoulds and role-play. It's all about entitlement and history. It's all about upper-body strength - and exacting your will.
You can only be a virgin once. There can only be one first time.
When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy.
I think a lot of the time, the studio system is so compelled to kowtow to its fear that women are not going to be found sympathetic. It just sort of euthanizes any hope of more diverse examples of the emotional realities of people. Representing my gender, I think, "Well, I have those emotions, why don't those ever get brought to the screen so I can feel recognized?"
I think fun is an important part of the entertainment industry, and it should be. Anybody who's not incorporating some of that into their work needs to take a break, go away, and have an attitude adjustment.
I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.
