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No matter what I do now, there are certain doors I have already closed, certain opportunities I'll never get back. There's nothing to be done, I guess. It is what it is.

As women, we tend to take the easy way out in showbiz. I have done movies where all I did was look pretty in every frame.

Somebody asked me recently, 'Have you done a lot of plays?' I thought hang on. I used to do nothing but plays. I've been very fortunate that on several occasions I've had jobs where I didn't want to be anywhere else in the world whatever you had to offer - however much money you've got.

Think about the amount of crap the US has done! Between slavery and the genocide of the Native Americans - if any of that had been filmed like [Adolf] Hitler, we'd never live it down.

Entirely incidentally, a little-known fact about Shakespeare is that his father moved to Stratford-upon-Avon from a nearby village shortly before his son's birth. Had he not done so, the Bard of Avon would instead be known as the rather less ringing Bard of Snitterfield.

Africans had to be taught that nudity is wicked; this was done very cheaply by missionaries.

Sharing is the answer for humanity. When we share we recognize that God is our brother, and unless we have that trust created by sharing, then nothing can be done.

God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his will might be done.

There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

There are a lot of women who feel that they have done all the work in their relationship only for someone else to step in and take the love and credit for it.

Yeah, I'm old as the hills and you would think I'd be out to pasture someplace because I've done everything, but nothing has changed.

For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done.

Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.

Deep down, you do want a Grammy, you do want an Oscar. You do want people to acknowledge what you've done.

The thought that I had been captured so soon, without having done anything for the revolution, made me feel ashamed. I thought: at least now, I must carry out my duty well under torture.

Take heart! Many great things have been done by people in poor mental health.

Because in this world, there is a line: on one side are the men who cannot get things done, and on the other side are the men who can. And not one in a hundred will cross that line. Will you?

Things to be done offer themselves, I suppose, because they are in themselves desirable; not because it is desirable to have something to do.

My work was done, so it was time to start digging my grave again.

Brute force is not our salvation, especially as directed by State central planning and done with little regard for the innocents.

It's always tricky to watch yourself, always. When I first had to watch myself, it was really hard because I'd done quite a few plays and I've never seen myself. So I was professional but I'd never watched myself. So I was like hearing you know... I'm sure you guys are all much more familiar with that because everybody has a phone, and everyone's taking pictures of themselves and making movies of themselves. And so people are more accustomed to it now. So I had to get used to it because there's a lot to be learned, of course, as an actor. When you watch yourself, you learn a lot.

Wall Street was sort of at the height of the fame, everyone thought it was really cool, and I think taking that job, doing something probably more for the money was probably the worst thing I think I've ever done.

Maybe we are both good people who've done some bad things.

Let's show them all how it's done, let's do it all imperfectly.

I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way.