I have been supremely lucky in my life in that I have known great love, and of course I am the temporary custodian of some incredible and beautiful things.
Fragrance is an incredibly intimate thing. It can evoke very specific thoughts or memories and is a little different for each person who wears it. I also think it's the most accessible luxury.
You can't choose between right and wrong by taking a census.
Look, sweetheart, I can drink you under any goddamn table you want, so don't worry about me.
I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.
I never face the day without perfume.
I have never felt more alive than when I watched my children delight in something, never more alive than when I have watched a great artist perform, and never richer than when I have scored a big check to fight AIDS.
Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn't be more real. Some people don't like to look at it in the face because it's painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done.
I have the emotions of a child in the body of a woman. I was rushed into womanhood for the movies. It caused me long moments of unhappiness and doubt.
I hate the idea of always having to interpret other people's ideas and thoughts and words, because I'm very independent and, I guess, a free thinker.
Everything makes me nervous - except making films.
I wear perfume even when I’m alone
I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?
If it is not to make the world better what is money for?
Marilyn Monroe seemed to have a kind of unconscious glow about her physical self that was innocent, like a child. When she posed nude, it was 'Gee, I am kind of, you know, sort of dishy,' like she enjoyed it without being egotistical.
I'm just an instinctive actress, I've never had a lesson in my life.
Big girls need big diamonds.
Sometimes I think we know too much about our idols and that spoils the dream.
I use my fame now when I want to help a cause or other people.
I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.
Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.
The things that are important to me - being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist - are all things that were borne out of great passion.
Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.
I feel like 45. I don't look bad for someone my age, with my history of illnesses and operations and all those anesthetics. When they knock you out, it gives you time to catch up on your beauty sleep.
I think I'm finally growing up - and about time.
