As you get older, your voice changes, as well. Your voice should be able to last as long as you last.

Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life.

I was going to start a housekeeping business at one point because I'm really good at cleaning houses.

I guess I have learnt now that life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.

But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic.

None of the European girls, including Anita Ekberg, has anything not found on American girls as well.

It feels nice to be wanted, to be reading and hearing good things about me, so I have to push myself.

No other aspect of filmmaking has tempted me to do a film other than the script and the story itself.

I wanted it so badly that there was no choice. It's like something in your blood that you have to do.

All the nice things about Suzanne are me. All the things that aren't nice, that was just the writing.

I don’t think that because I’m not married it’s made my life any less. That old-maid myth is garbage.

I don't think that because I'm not married it's made my life any less. That old maid myth is garbage.

I thought 'Benson' was going to be more of an ensemble show. But it was called 'Benson' for a reason.

I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.

I don't like to watch myself. For the most part, I find it weird. It depresses me; I'm very critical.

I'm close with my whole family, but it requires email and texting because they don't all live nearby!

That is the greatest source of my anxiety on this film [The Hobbit], is that I'm going to be lynched.

There are so many roles on TV that I don't covet. I see them, and I'm glad I don't have to play them.

God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.

Once you reach a certain age, you realize that men aren't as important as you once thought they were.

'The Princess and the Warrior' is looking at the same things as 'Lola' - just from a different angle.

In show business the saying seems too often true: it isn't enough to succeed; someone else must fail.

It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.

I am an only child, so I relate to the intensity of that single-parent, mother-daughter relationship.

That's the wonderful thing about acting - you play a role. It's about humanity, rather than labeling.

I feel like if you see five films not knowing who made them, you know which one is the Coen Brothers.

As cheesy and melodramatic as it might sound, love excites me more than anything... in all its forms.

I can't imagine it if beauty was the only currency I used as an actress. It just doesn't interest me.

There’s a fear that grasps each individual and what they think is right and what they think is wrong.

Sprinkling drops of lavender and clary-sage oil into a bath is a totally simple yet complex pleasure.

But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

My films are comical films. They are made to laugh at. They are comical - and scientifically correct.

Not to sound too hippie, but I work so much off of energy. I'm a Pisces, and that's part of who I am.

I like Oribe mousse; however I don't use too many hair products. I'm a huge fan of bandanas and hats.

To be honest with you, I'm more of a girl's girl. I'm much more comfortable being around other girls.

My look is a cocktail. I'm not as nicely turned out as the french, but I don't care like the English.

I'm not always really calm, but I try not to get taken away by things that are incredibly transitory.

My parents were young and liberal and knew I was going to drink anyway, so they let me do it at home.

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

I didn't want to have braces when I was a kid and I'm pretty sure my dad didn't want to pay for them.

I love acting. I love what I do. I am absolutely filled every day with gratitude that I get to do it.

In life, the first act is always exciting but it is the second act - that's where the depth comes in.

If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.

I'll only work if something delicious comes along or if a darling friend asks me to flutter my wings.

I like Kerala a lot. The beautiful beaches there, the backwaters - I have good memories of the place.

I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.

I love characters songs and I love to fit into a story. I love singing through a character's journey.

I have to say, not a day goes by when I don't think fondly about 'Deadwood' and miss things about it.

The infant mortality rates are insanely high. The obesity epidemic is on the rise. It is all related.

I am disciplined and tend to stick to my workout regime and eating habit and adhere to them strictly.

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